When I was 33, everything I thought to be true about my life was shattered…
Why I started drinking. At 20 years old, I decided to start drinking alcohol because…
I have lived in three countries, rented six apartments and attended five churches in only…
Not many of us think of ourselves as “creatives.” We use that label to apply…
Only four experiences in my life have fully lived up to expectations. That’s probably because…
Purity is so much more than waiting until marriage to have sex and sexual pleasure.…
Quiet time, devotional time, prayer time, personal time—whatever you want to call it, most of…
So many times as believers, we are overly focused on looking like other Christians and…
There is a coming-of-age for fruit-bearing Jesus-followers. At some point in your growth in the…
When I jumped off social media, things changed. First, I started dreaming again. On the…
Recently, I met with a couple who had been married for 20 years. A few…
A few years ago, a young woman asked me to mentor her on being a…
Have you ever felt weighed down? Disconnected from yourself, or from God? That was me.…
There is nothing more transformative in human life than suffering. Whether it be from significant…
If getting in shape was easy, then everyone would do it. That’s the thing about…
Freedom. Who would’ve thought a mere seven-letter phrase could shape an entire society? It is…
Be honest for a minute: How is your prayer life? That’s what we call it,…
Crazy-sounding Bible verses all have backstories that help us better understand what they meant to…
I recently traveled to one of my favorite cities in the U.S., Washington D.C. I often…
“He who sings prays twice.” This beautiful maxim, attributed to the early church theologian Augustine,…
Maybe you believe in God, but you’re not sure how to respond when someone asks…
It is one thing to believe that God has put away and forgiven all our…
How do we fight for truth and love in a world of hurt and rage?…
The Bible is littered with ethereal ideas like belief, love and joy. Paramount among them…
The question is not, Did you get hurt? The question is, Are you going to…
Have you ever stuffed your emotions because you thought they couldn’t be trusted? I did,…
“So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” – John 8:36…
We can often be tempted to put our allegiance in the wrong order. If you…
One day I had gotten in my car to drive to the church. I pushed…
In my first semester of Bible class, the professor explained a misconception in the church…
We are getting lonelier. We want friends. We want church to be more than an…
Growing up as a church kid, who suffered from severe depression, I was not met…
Lamenting the way things are is tied to longing for the way things ought to…
Louie Giglio wants to do something extremely bold: He wants to reframe how we think…
Let’s be honest. Taking time every single day to read and develop spiritually isn’t exactly…
Nowhere in all recorded history do we see radical hospitality as we do in the…
I’ve been thinking about joy for quite some time now. Or rather, why we Christians…
One of my earliest memories of worrying what people thought of me came in second…
I grew up seeing both of my grandmothers serve their husbands quite well. And I…
Jesus and Moses began their earthly ministries by spending 40 days alone in the wilderness…