I’m teaching the importance of words. I hope my kids learn this. But first I have to learn it myself and these lessons are hard learned. Words matter. The things we speak to each other frame the content of our lives. The things we speak to ourselves determine what we believe. So I teach my children God is good. His word is good. I teach them to usher in praise when the world seems to crumble and groan and stretch in anguish. I teach them that every broken thing cries out for redemption and …
Faith
Lessons from Heroines of the Faith: God Calls the Flawed
I love history and I love story. I love the way we can look back to see forward. I love the way story connects us all. So I am so excited to share this guest post by my friend, Michelle DeRusha. She's worked to compile both a dynamic history that's anything but dull and a complex story of women that are much like you and I. Flawed, imperfect, average, and extraordinarily called by God, she introduces us to women we'll not soon forget in her new book, 50 Women Every Christian Should Know: Lessons …
In Which I Would’ve Hated This Book: Spiritual Misfit
My friend, Michelle DeRusha wrote a book I would have hated in the fledgling days of faith. My opinion wouldn’t have been based on her writing, which slips easily between comedy confessional and poignant truth, a feat that is hard to do for the best of writers. My dislike would have stemmed from my gut reaction to her own fear and doubt. Spiritual Misfit: A Memoir of Uneasy Faith is the story of a faith lost and found, wrestled with and wondered at. Michelle tackles the trials of …
