The Face I’ve Earned
My husband and I laughed our bottoms off one night as we watched a commercial advertising the services of a local plastic surgeon. (more…)
Building a relationship with God and living life based on the dynamics revealed through that relationship.
Community (Prodigal Pilates, Part 5)
My friends and I have finished reading and discussing The Prodigal God, and it has taken a little while to digest it all…Here’s what I see: (more…)
What Grace Looks Like (Prodigal Pilates, Part 4)
It looks like the bishop scene in the movie version of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables (Columbia/TriStar Pictures, 1998). The bishop in that scene demonstrates what Christ, "the true elder brother" did…
Considering Culture (Prodigal Pilates, Part 3)
I just realized the elder brother in the parable of the prodigal sonS is an even bigger jerk than I thought a week ago. Notice how the presence of the elder…
What’s So Good About Friday? (Prodigal Pilates, Part 2)
Good Friday. Besides the redemptive act of the just dying for the unjust (that is, Jesus Christ dying for YOU and ME), there is something that distinguishes this Friday from all others, and…
The Prodigal God Pilates
This spring some friends and I are stretching ourselves through the parable of the prodigal son (or more correctly, the parable of the two lost sons) as we simultaneously read Timothy Keller's,…
Has God Ever Done Anything Strange To Catch Your Attention?
One day while I sped across town to meet one of three or four girls I mentored, I felt a sudden, overwhelming, almost debilitating exhaustion. The thought of going home, crawling in bed, and hiding under the covers for the rest of my life was strangely comforting. I wondered if I were having a panic attack. (more…)
The Tamani house where I lived in Grau, Upper Amazon, Peru
What Do You Know About God that He Has Never Told You in His Word?
In our first six months of marriage my husband never actually told me he hated it when I spent so much time getting our place together to host someone that I was too exhausted to enjoy their visit. …
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