Do you have a longing to make a difference? Do you have a dream or passion that you want to pursue, but you feel ill equipped to make it a reality? Are you wondering how God could use you as a leader and an influencer? Are you looking for your mission field? It’s so...
How Do We Follow God During Difficult Days?
We all fall on hard times. We lose our jobs. We have health scares. We don't know how to deal with our kids. Natural disasters happen. Life happens. We lose control. These things forces us to focus on Jesus. We look to God in the middle of our troubles. Yet sometimes...
The Romantic Rationalist C.S. Lewis, A Review
Romantic Rationalist is a must-have for anybody who wishes to better understand the man C.S. Lewis. There is no question that C.S. Lewis has made some of the greatest impact on the world of modern Christianity and the church than any other author. His writing captures...
Oh The Places You’ll Go
I remember the first time I picked up a Dr. Seuss book. The weird image on the front drew me in, an image of a mouse telling a bird what to expect in a People House. Another often place I found my nose was inside another Seuss book called, Oh The Places You'll Go. As...
Do You Want To Be Famous? #GloryHunger @JRVassar
Fame. Power. Wealth. Significance. To be known and to be understood. To be validated. To be looked up to. We long for glory. We want people to like us. We want others to believe we are significant and we want them to tell us about it.In the words of the great Nacho...
Leaving Church to Find Jesus
This is a tough post. Most aren't so tough. Most posts on Brave Daily are a step removed from anything happening with me personally. I know, we often talk about faith and church. We even draw the line between books that we are reading and lives that we're leading, but...
What Are The #BlindSpots In Following Jesus?
What Collin Hansen has written in Blind Spots is so greatly needed for the church to move forward as a unified body like Jesus envisioned. As Christ followers there are many things to which we are blind to. There are blind spots in our faith traditions and in how we...
If You Feel Too Much by @JamieTworkowski : A Review And Reflection
Jamie Tworkowski is the founder of To Write Love On Her Arms. TWLOHA is a clothing company and a sounding board for hope. It's a company that began with the story of Renee. Renee was a cocaine addict, and a cutter. She felt like she had nothing to live for until a...
When Should You Rob A Bank?
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the landmark book Freakonomics comes this curated collection from the most readable economics blog in the universe. It’s the perfect solution for the millions of readers who love all things Freakonomics. Surprising and...
The View from the Front of a Wedding
Not many can say they have officiated a wedding. The opportunity just snuck up on me. In fact, I get incredibly nervous speaking in front of people but when asked if I would officiate the wedding, I had zero doubt that I wanted to make it happen. I wanted to talk...
The Perspective of the New and Eternal
My college experience was incredibly blessed, filled with downfalls and triumphs, repentance and rejoicing. God surrounded me with the gift of many God-fearing, Christ-devoted brothers and sisters. I was almost always being challenged, encouraged, and pushed in my...
How to be Happy (Or at Least Less Sad) #BookReview
Author and illustrator Lee Crutchley brings his lively interactive approach to a little-discussed but very common issue: the struggle with depression and anxiety. Through a series of supportive, surprising, and engaging prompts, How to be Happy (or at Least Less...
A Heart for the Lost Starts at Home
In 2002, I set foot in South Sudan. Although extremely well-traveled, I had never experienced a land so ravaged by war and neglect. The country had been engrossed in civil war for 19 years at that point and it showed. However, unlike most of the other countries I had...
How Do You “Love Your Neighbor” Without Being Weird?
In the gospels, Jesus is asked what the "greatest commandment" in all of the law and prophets is. He responds by saying that the greatest commandment is to "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind..." This came from a part of the law founding...
Reading and Other Struggles
Reading is Hard — Very, Very Hard Over the past few weeks our seven year old has made a breakthrough in reading. He’s reading several shorter books by himself and even getting most of the words in some higher-level books. Bedtime now consists of him reading at least...