May 30, 2013 | Discipleship, Faith, Hostage (Blog Series)
“You aren’t good enough.” “You’ve made too many mistakes” “No one will love you.” “You’re hopeless.” “You can’t climb out of the mess you’ve created.” “No one cares.”...
May 29, 2013 | Discipleship, Faith, Hostage (Blog Series)
Here’s a thought that hit me like a ton of bricks the first time I fully understood it: How much I worry is an indicator of how little I trust God. That’s a tough realization. I worry about things all the time. I’m worried about some pretty major...
May 28, 2013 | Discipleship, Faith, Hostage (Blog Series)
Some of my favorite movies are revenge movies. “Punisher,” “Max Payne,” “A Man Apart,” “Out of Time,” pretty much all of the “Batman” movies, and on and on…there are thousands. Something about a story...
May 27, 2013 | Discipleship, Faith, Hostage (Blog Series)
A few weeks ago, our entire region (and most of the country) was captivated by the news that three women who had been missing for years had been found in a basement in Cleveland. (Even if you weren’t captivated by that news, I guarantee the related, autotuned...
May 23, 2013 | Current Events, Faith
You’ve seen it by now. Whether it was John Piper’s now-infamous tweet (which has since been deleted), Westboro Baptist’s new hate-slinging website (which has since been hacked), or any of a number of other disturbing, disappointing and discouraging...
