First things first. Remove anything on your body involving buttons, zippers, or hooks and put on the stretchiest, coziest items in your closet. You should be as comfortable as possible right now, and even though your button-fly jeans are very hip and make your rear end look like a fashion model’s, you deserve to take a deep breath and inhabit as much physical space as you need to;
Read MoreOur vote is one of the ways we cry loud and long for the world to become a kinder, more equitable place for everyone. The choice is ours to make, to leverage our privilege on behalf of others, or to hoard it for ourselves. This truth is always at the forefront of my mind: no matter what, I cannot take anything with me—I can only decide what kind of world I leave behind.
Read MoreThis restoration of shalom, this ego subverting reign of a self-sacrificing, death defeating king, is the thing I’m willing to bet my whole life on. I will choose it again and again and plead mercy over the moments when I am distracted by the mirage of shiny things that woo me away from the altar.
Read MoreWhen we’re willing to sacrifice the health and wellbeing of our neighbors for the sake of our own wealth, power, and comfort, it is a sure sign that our affections are grossly out of order.
Read MoreIf he is trustworthy, and what he says is true—that he is in the business of making everything new, then it must mean that there is still room for mercy, even here, in the middle of the valley of the shadow of empire.
Read MoreIn the beginning, there was only us. Fearfully and wonderfully fashioned from dust and called lovely by Love itself. There was no shame, no fear of punishment or missing out—only fullness of joy, the abundance of beauty and freedom in the presence of God.
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