Guest post by Katie Donahue I am in the camp of people that usually loves Christmas. I love the twinkly lights and the Advent carols and the delicious cookies. I love the friendliness in the air and the warm drinks and all the fun family holiday experiences. I love the nativity scenes and gift wrapping […]

Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash Did you know we are living through a loneliness epidemic? Rates of loneliness in the U.S. have doubled over the past 50 years. A recent survey of 20,000 adults found that nearly half of them felt alone, left out and isolated. Most of us have gone through times where we’ve felt […]

If you’ve known me for any length of time, there’s a high likelihood you’ve heard me reference Jen Hatmaker. I’m… not even sorry about that. Her writing has inspired some of my deepest soul work, and her bravery to critically examine her faith has encouraged me to do the same. If you don’t know her, […]

I backed off from writing about politics a few years ago for a number of reasons. First and foremost, I found that the endless arguing, posturing and bullheaded discussions surrounding politics had become utterly exhausting to listen to and to take part in. It never seemed anyone on opposing sides actually wanted to learn or […]

If you have some experience with the Bible, you probably know that Jesus has set forth a pretty clear purpose for people: love God, love one another. So simple in theory, actually rather difficult in practice. As it turns out, when Jesus told us to love one another, he wasn’t just talking about people who […]

Last week we hosted Friendsgiving at our house. We shoved 15 adults and way too many kids into our condo, and ate and fellowshipped, and laughed too hard and said many inappropriate things, and it was just the best. It wasn’t a dinner party with a seating arrangement and fancy food and proper parking spaces […]

On Sunday, the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas held its first church service since a gunman entered the sanctuary and opened fire on the congregation. Its first service since 25 people, including the pastor’s daughter, were ruthlessly murdered within the walls of a place of worship. Where gunfire rained down on innocent people […]