Holly’s Testimony

Happily-ever-after would seem laughable, on a good day, if Holly’s hope rested in everything falling into place around her.  But suffering no longer symbolizes failure to her...

Mid-Wife Crisis

His job felt important and exciting.  Mine felt mundane and endless.  His tasks felt missional.  Mine felt meaningless...

(UN)ASHAMED: Helped

My daughter, like many 5-year-olds, frequently rotates her preferred, future occupation.  Sometimes, she wants to be a teacher. Other times, a Mommy. Still other times, an artist.  But this past week, she’s been announcing to our family and friends, “When I grow up, I want to be a Helper and a Giver.”...

(UN)ASHAMED: Depression & Anxiety

This is where Jesus meets me.  In my shame. In my utter helplessness.  And he reminds me that I CAN DO NOTHING.

Jehovah Mekoddishkem: The Lord Who Sanctifies

*Try* for a moment to dust everything you’ve ever heard about sanctification off of your virtual blackboard—and I will, too...

Encountering God Through Discipline

Of all the people at the shrine, I was the only one who remained erect, looking straight at the sky… I was well aware of my critical situation.  I am dead, I realized, Ahn Ei Sook died today at mountain Namsan. 

Disappointed

“Babe, I need you to help me by just letting me be upset sometimes.” My husband wasn’t so sure about my idea at first. But I could see an unhealthy pattern that had been playing out for the entirety of our relationship...

A Better Commission

I held a sales job for, oh, six weeks. It wasn’t long before my name “disappeared” off the store schedule.  My inability to make commission ended up being a fairly easy problem to solve (get another job!), but the Great Commission was one I could not shake so easily.  

A Voice of Truth

Most of us wouldn’t be caught dead reading our 15-year-old thoughts out loud to a group of close friends— much less the entire cyber world!  But Jessie Connell’s passion to see junior high and high school girls following Christ has inspired her to share her teenage experiences, openly and eagerly...

Call to Action: Kingdom Risks

I am not brave. I know women who have traveled to third-world countries, amidst violence and disease.  I nervously check the locks twice, when my husband leaves town for a night. I know women who have shared the gospel with hostile family members.  I tremble to answer a question. I know women who have endured almost thirty hours of natural childbirth.  I’ve had three epidurals...