Over the summer, while reading Jon Acuff’s Start: Punch Fear in the Face, I started a fear journal. This is not about my fear of bugs or missing commas. No, it’s specifically cataloging my fears about my writing life. I’ve found it helpful to write down the crazy to get…
A theme is emerging in my writing this week. It’s all about being who God made me to be: His image bearer. But sometimes I get distracted by what other people are doing or I feel insecure about who I am . . . and that pushes me to be…
Breath for the Bones Book Club: Thoughts on Chapter 8 Humans are creatures of habit and routine. We develop certain patterns and rhythms in life, some for good, some for ill. It takes a miracle of mercy to boost us up and out of the ruts we’ve worn. The routines…
In Bible study today, worry was our topic—worry about people, places, and things . . . concern for safety and health and comfort and work . . . apprehension for living in faith while fearing what that sort of life may require. Worry is a nuisance, certainly. It is also,…
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