I've come to the conclusion that I don't blog enough to be a blogger. Thankfully, I know a lot of wise, talented writers who have agreed to guest blog for me. Our first guest blogger of 2016 is Trisha Dickinson. Trisha and I met in college because our boyfriends (Colby and Josh) were childhood friends. When Trisha and her husband moved to Senegal as missionaries, I began to follow their blog. Reading about their lives consistently challenges me to follow Christ with more abandon. Today I Read More
My Crisis of Faith and How to Get Through Your Own
Have you ever asked your self one of these questions: If ultimate truth really does exist, how could I even find it? And, if I did find it, how would I know that I’ve found it? There are so many religions out there, how could we possibly know which one is right? Even though I was born in a Christian home, went to church three times a week, attended Christian college, and went right from there into ministry life, I went through a crisis-of-faith of sorts at age 28. It actually began the Read More
Book Review
I was talking to an old friend today. Although she is a full-time teacher, she serves in the youth group at her church. She was talking about how hard it's been lately to serve in the youth ministry because she's having trouble with her OWN children at home, and was just sighing it all to me. Breathing it all out. Long, heavy sighs. Then she said, "Well, YOU know how it is...ministry is hard." And, then it hit me. Okay, not true. It hit me a few nanoseconds after I had the thought, Read More