UNASHAMED by Christine Caine is a book that I picked up as part of the launch team for the book. This is my first book by Caine and my first interaction with much of her material at all. I quickly realized that this book is a game changer. Christine writes with a...
40 Days Of Decrease by Alicia Chole, A Review
To decrease is not something that comes natural for us, is it? For this last season of Lent, the time from Ash Wednesday - Easter, I followed a guide that I found from The Village Church. It gave me various things to fast for each of the 7 weeks of Lent, and helped me...
Fear. How to Live in Fear by Lance Hahn, a Review
How To Live In Fear by Lance Hahn, is the most important book I've read on anxiety, panic, and depression in the last decade. Panic is not a word I thought would ever be commonplace in my life. I was 29 when I had my first panic attack. Our house had flooded due to a...
Great Commission Great Compassion by Paul Borthwick
As we grow in our relationship with Jesus we all, at one point or another, must wrestle with the call of the Great Commission. This is the call that Jesus lays out for us to go into all the world, baptizing and making disciples of all nations. Jesus called us to a...
Pioneering Movements by Steve Addison Movements
The church is the hope of the world, living and teaching the truth of Jesus Christ. I believe this to be true, so why is it that more often than not the church feels like it's anything but hope? Why is it that so many have a bad taste in their mouths for the...
Psalm 139: Sinners and Lights
Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve learned quite a bit about God’s omniscience, omnipotence, omnipresence, and all of His goodness. We’ve basked in the glory of who He is and all of its implications for our lives, both in the present and in the future. I don’t know...
A Lost God In A Lost World by Melvin Tinker
"Tell me all your thoughts on God, because I'd really like to meet her, ask her why we're who we are." - Dishwalla Counting Blue Cars by the band Dishwalla was and is one of my favorite one hit wonder songs from the 90's. Every time it comes into my starred Spotify...
Theology As Discipleship by Keith Johnson
Theology, or the study of the nature of God and religious belief, has been a lifelong pursuit of mine. Growing up in a Southern Baptist, North Carolina, home - we talked about God a lot. God was involved in everything, all the time. There was no circumstance in which...
Psalm 139: More Than the Sand
What would it be like to count every single grain of sand on earth? A few things that come to mind for me when I imagine it are overwhelming, pointless, intriguing, impossible, exciting, incredible. Quite the mixed bag of emotions. It’d be a never-ending endeavor....
Kingdom Math Doesn’t Make Sense by J.D. Greear
We are wired to be competitive people. We want to win at all cost. We want to gain as much stuff, whatever it may be, before we die. Does God really promise us that we can gain by losing? It goes against the notion inside of our human brains. We know that the message...
Leadership, The Four Pillars + Video by Jenni Catron
Leadership: Extraordinary leaders lead for others I read a lot of leadership books and when I get an opportunity to read one from a new writer that I have followed for a while, I am even more excited. Although this may be an early entry from Jenni Catron into the...
Why Everything Matters by Philip Ryken, A Review
We all have questions about who we are and how we arrived on this planet. I don't mean in the physical sense. It's pretty obvious how we "got" here - we know how the birds and the bees work... I mean after we've grown up a bit and begin to wrestle with the real...
Psalm 139: Carefully Crafted
“For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.” Psalm 139:13-14 I have always understood this passage to mean one...
Made For More
First off, all women should pick up Made For More today! Secondly, this post is for the ladies! Made for More by Hannah Anderson I was so excited when I found this book, mostly because it is exactly what I dreamt of writing someday. Of all of the topics and ideas...
Psalm 139: Not Even Darkness
Life is a scary thing. There is so much that is unknown to us about the future. Even what we do think we know about the future isn’t guaranteed. We only have so much control. So how can we know what challenges will come our way? There are so many unfathomable trials...