Making the most of your vacation: Repentance

Making the most of your vacation: Repentance

If you’re following this blog, I’ve been unpacking a profound process God led me through during my vacation this past summer. The Father did such a beautiful work that I wanted to share it with you. This process included four crucial ingredients, all of...
Make the most of your vacation: Learn to rest

Make the most of your vacation: Learn to rest

I’m now a week out from my vacation, and I still have energy to spare.  In my last post, I shared how God led me through a process so powerful that for the first time in my life, I was ready to go back to work before my vacation was over. This process involves...
Make the most of your vacation

Make the most of your vacation

For most of my adult life, I’ve lived from vacation to vacation. Something about daily life drains us so profoundly that weekends aren’t enough to refill our tank. We limp along throughout the year, dreaming about the week or weeks off coming to us,...
When our experience doesn’t live up to our theology

When our experience doesn’t live up to our theology

The Bible both shows and tells us what to believe, which raises our expectations for what we can experience. But what do we do when our experience doesn’t live up to our theology? I have a confession: I struggle with ‘long-distance’ prayers. I know...
When God changes channels

When God changes channels

I’ve heard it said that if we find ourselves far from God, God hasn’t moved—we have.  The heart behind that statement seems to be that God is faithful when we aren’t. He is omnipresent, and he is relentless in his pursuit of us. This is true and...