The Importance of Diverse Friendships
Friendships that cut across social dividing lines matter more than almost anything else in helping people move from one social class to another, according to a recent study. Diverse friendships…
Friendships that cut across social dividing lines matter more than almost anything else in helping people move from one social class to another, according to a recent study. Diverse friendships…
I got a fun DM earlier this week from a woman in California who just received a box of 50 copies of To Be Made Well that she will be…
One tell-tale sign of an Enneagram One is what’s called an “inner-critic,” a relentless voice inside my head that questions my decisions and makes sweeping pronouncements about my inadequacies. Whether…
As if it wasn’t enough for us to experience abundant love and goodness at Hope Heals Camp last week, we also got to visit a local non-profit called Healing Meals…
I’m so honored to have a post on Ann Voskamp’s blog today. My post begins: Sometimes my life as a Christian feels like a series of self-improvement efforts underneath a…
"Jesus says that we are beloved before we do anything right, and after we’ve done everything wrong." - To Be Made Well This quote might just speak for itself. What…
I’m so grateful for the reviews I’ve received recently for To Be Made Well, both from readers and from the Englewood Review of Books and the Presbyterian Outlook. James E.…
I have been dreaming for a long time of creating a teaching series to accompany To Be Made Well. I could imagine the content. But I wanted each lesson to…
When I was in sixth grade, we moved to Connecticut. I ended up in the “talented and gifted program” at my school. My “gifts” seemed evident to teachers. I could…
The center of healing is belovedness. Healing happens in three steps (that aren’t necessarily linear): acknowledge hurt, ask for help, and take small steps towards shalom. Believing that I am…