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We’ve been talking about the current outrage culture that has fueled so much contempt in our interactions with one another. Outrage has become a cheap substitute for morality in our country. We no longer value actual morals like telling the truth, loving your neighbor, or …
Last post, we asked some questions about cancel culture. Perhaps it’s best to think about the ugliness of cancel culture played out around a kitchen table. Imagine with me, that you are seated around a beautifully set dinner table with eight other people, a shared …
Several weeks back, I told you I was mulling an article on the outrage culture. I’ve started this article over and over again and have had many talks with Peter about the subject, and honestly, it’s a huge, multi-faceted topic that’s hard to narrow into …
Did you know that you can finish the Old Testament in 90 days by reading for about a half hour a day? Last month, many of you joined me in the Read the New Testament in 30 Days challenge, and can you believe are are …
Today marks 65 years since the death of Jim Elliot, Nate Saint, Ed McCully, Peter Fleming, and Roger Youderian. These five men were martyred as they sought to take the Gospel and gifts to a remote people (Waodani/Auca) in Ecuador. Speared to death while trying …
A few weeks back I posted on Instagram about the need for fewer celebrity “pastors” after the news broke of yet another affair by a popular celebrity Christian. I rarely name the “guilty” here because there are always innocent victims to consider, namely a wife …
Goodbye, 2020. {Waves} (Don’t let the door hit you on the way out. haha ) I’m excited for 2021. Want to join me in a reading challenge? Who wants to read the New Testament with me in January? Won’t that be a great reset for …
This week we welcomed our third granddaughter, Elizabeth “Lizzy” Grace into the world and I can’t stop thinking of God’s goodness to our family. Peter and I are praising God for another precious granddaughter, and that both mother and baby are doing well. I …
I’ve long said that there is a sad lack of older women who blog and write. We’ve speculated over the reasons why women’s blogs go radio silent in the mid-life years here. But today I’m here to tell you about Aging With Grace: Flourishing in …
As I watch the news, I’m once again, surprised by the brokenness of this world. I see rioters breaking businesses and glass and bodies, and harming neighborhoods and the real lives of normal people who are just trying to do the best they can, and …