Efficiency and effectiveness aren’t always the same thing. A review on a book that has given me a new look at productivity and work.
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Book Review: A Praying Life: Connecting With God in a Distracting World by Paul Miller
If you’ve struggled with growing your prayer life, perhaps the problem is not an issue of discipline or technique, but unbelief or cynicism.
Book Review: Take Heart: Daily Devotions to Deepen Your Faith by David Powlison
Want to walk faithfully through your fears, sins, struggles and sufferings? A rich devotional from one of my favorite spiritual mentors.
Our Responsibility in Suffering
Five things we can do when we face suffering.
Three Truths About God We Need to Remember in Our Suffering
Our beliefs impact our perceptions, which impact the way we live in response to our sufferings. Here are three truths about God we need to remember so that we see and live rightly when life is hard.
No Longer Orphans: What It Means to Be a Saint
Six truths to remember when we are tempted to still live like we are orphans.
Stuck in Life's Desert--Three Lessons to Remember in the Wilderness
Three lessons to remember when suffering leaves your soul parched and dry.
The Gift of Christmas
Being a mom of a disabled child hasn’t always been a gift. But Christmas reminds me of how Christ has come to minister to us in our own disability.
Five Ways to Make the Most of Every Season
Whether you are in a time of transition or what feels like an unending season, here are five things that help me navigate through each in faith.
Ten Important Personal Lessons I Learned From Adopting a Child with Disabilities
Ten lessons God taught me in the ten years of our adoption that have changed and shaped who I am today.
Two Are Better Than One
What’s better than reading alone? Reading in community.
Three Keys to Planning
Connecting the dots requires intentionality and planning, starting with where you’re at, thanking God for where you’re at, and taking small steps from where you’re at.
The Gift I Didn't Want
Three lessons I learned from our adoption. God’s gifts are always for our best.
I Am Not a Good Girl
Why it’s good news to know you’re bad.