Your husband should be the spiritual leader of your home. Can I get an "Amen"? But wait... where's the term "spiritual leader" in the Bible, exactly? Especially the part that lays out for us what that looks like. Or is much of that ideal something I've come up with on my own? I'll just be honest and say that I was pretty blown away by the perspective Karen Costello shared … [Read more...]
“Who Are You to Judge?”
"Who are you to judge?" "Christians are called to love others and not judge." "The Bible says not to judge!" "Let him who is without sin cast the first stone!" I received this email from someone who read a recent post I wrote about homosexuality: "You are nuts! Who are you to judge?" At least it was short and to the point. (And he might have been right … [Read more...]
Used by God
When I was sixteen years old, I was convinced God was calling me to be the next Sandi Patty (if you're under 40, she was the Kari Jobe of my day). I had been singing solos and in church choirs since I was in the second grade. I was taking professional voice lessons and spent my first year of college as a vocal performance major. Not to toot my own horn here, but, while I'm not … [Read more...]
Nine Helps for Starting and Sticking to Daily Bible Study
This post contains affiliate links. It seems to be a common dilemma among new Christians, Christians who have never developed the habit of daily Bible study, and even those whose current Bible study methods or materials just don't seem to be "working." You know you need to be studying God's word efficiently and effectively every day, but you aren't quite sure how to get the … [Read more...]
8 Game-Changing Mottoes for Christian Parents
Do you ever feel like parenting is chasing down and chopping up your very last brain cell? I sure do. Which is why doing some aspects of parenting on auto-pilot isn't a bad thing. I've found that having parenting mottoes, or phrases I repeat often (my kids might use the phrase ad nauseam if they knew it existed), have a way of keeping me sane while hitting home valuable … [Read more...]