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...
10 Ways to Listen Better

10 Ways to Listen Better

We are surrounded by many different voices. We live in diverse cities, in a diverse nation, in a diverse world. Even our towns that feel uniform have a multitude of voices, because each of us bring our unique backgrounds, histories, and cultural identities into the...
6 Ways to Show Someone You Love Them

6 Ways to Show Someone You Love Them

With Valentine’s Day coming up later this week, I thought it would be a good time to talk about love. Honestly, I haven’t written a relationship post in a little while because it feels strange to give marriage advice when we haven’t even been married for three years....
The Gift of True Community

The Gift of True Community

I heard once that true community happens when we receive each other as gifts. I’m not sure who first said it. I don’t even know the exact quote. I think I might’ve just heard it on the radio or something. But it rang true to me. After all, how can we have community if...