God’s Tone of Voice

In the discipleship group I’m in we’ve been learning about identity. Again, not the identity we say our identity is grounded in, but the honest and awful reality of the identity we live out of. If my identity was based in being Christ’s fully-known, fully-loved...

Lying to the Homeless

Last week I prepared for the most stressful teaching I’ve given all year. Although I’ve spoken to groups of hundreds of women this year, the group of sixteen attendees I was going to teach last Friday was the most difficult and pressure-filled yet. After praying,...

Not Enough

In a discipleship group I’m in we are learning about identity. Not what we say our identity is grounded in, but the identity we respond and live out of. Although I thought my identity was grounded in being a daughter of the King, it isn’t. We discover the...

How to Stop Being Angry

Monday my son asked me a question I’ve asked myself a million times, “Why do you have to be so angry?” I was irritated he had put his dirty dishes into the clean (half-emptied) dishwasher after I had asked him twice to make sure it was in fact dirty before he dripped...

Fasting from Fasting

This holy week I wanted to do something to think more about Jesus. I wanted to be intentional about concentrating on Christ’s suffering, death, resurrection, things I believe in profoundly, but rarely meditate on. After praying about it I decided to do the one...

Struggling to Love (Again)

A few weeks ago, I attended a workshop to teach church leaders how to love the LGBT community. I was reminded when I avoid and condemn LGBT folks, I have no chance of sharing Christ’s love with them. I was reminded I do not need to approve of the choices of a...
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