On Shame and Healing
How does hiding ignite shame? How does honesty invite healing?
I recently explored these questions with my friend Shannon as part of our Summer Book Club on Jesus Over Everything by Lisa …
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On Truth and Purpose
How do we walk in truth and live with purpose? Our answers to these important questions shape our values, priorities, and even our eternity.
If you have been following me on Instagram, you know that my …
Read More →a very good place to start
Before I repost some of my other favorite pieces, it makes sense to first retell the story of how this journey as The Jesus Gypsy began. It is, quite frankly, my very favorite story to …
Read More →get up and get busy
Sometimes, when I look out on that great big world of ours and I see all the sickness and suffering, I just want to curl up in fetal position and rock in the corner until the …
Read More →the when
Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need. Matthew 6:33
As we continue to unpack what it means to be deeply rooted in relationship …
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And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him. Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then …
Read More →there is a season
Remember that late 60’s hit from The Byrds, Turn, Turn, Turn?
“To everything (turn, turn, turn)
There is a season (turn, turn, turn)
And a time to every purpose, under heaven…”
We usually think of that song as an …
Read More →an onion, a flashlight, and a bar of soap
Jesus is not who you think He is.
But if it is any consolation, He isn’t who I thought He was, either.
The more I read about him in scripture, the more I sit and talk with …
Read More →in all the in-between
I don’t mean to be controversial, but I am not a huge fan of Oreos (I know, I know- the scandal.) It is just that food items that have one texture on the outside and another on …
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God is using this 500 square foot trailer to change me. He is teaching me a lot about organizing and simplifying and prioritizing. But mostly He is teaching me about space.
500 s.f. isn’t just a …
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