Our Identity Above All Else

Our Identity Above All Else

We love to put people in boxes. Life and relationships are more manageable when we can put a label on someone that helps us “understand” them better. Depending on the box we put someone in, we might expect certain behaviors from them, or avoid certain topics of...
5 Ways to Grow More Comfortable with Silence

5 Ways to Grow More Comfortable with Silence

I tend to keep my life busy and planned, filled with distractions and to-do lists. I like moving from one thing to the next, because it’s easier. That way, I never have to be alone with my thoughts. Sitting in silence with our thoughts isn’t easy. And sometimes, when...
How to Remember God in the Face of Disappointment

How to Remember God in the Face of Disappointment

Last week, Seth and I faced a bit of a disappointment. I won’t go into details, and it was nothing too major, but we found out that plans we’d made had fallen through. And our dreams, the short-term picture we’d had of our future, had to change. Disappointment happens...
How to Love Better

How to Love Better

If your neighbor knocks on your door and tells you they are hurting, that a painful experience is holding them back, that they are really struggling, what is your first instinct? How do you respond? What if you don’t understand their struggle at all? What if their...