Food Fall Leaf Tortilla Chips (traderjoes.com) – These are great, we were introduced to them at a friend’s house, and my youngest has asked for them repeatedly since. Our Trader Joe’s doesn’t have them in stock any longer, but in…
No Cure for Being Human and Quick to Listen
Book “No Cure for Being Human: (And Other Truths I Need to Hear)” by Bowler, Kate – I shared a couple of podcasts Kate Bowler was on a few weeks ago during her book launch. She was fantastic. Turns out,…
Build Windows, Not Walls
When I was starting my first real job right out of college and moving into my first apartment without roommates, I was hyper-focused on renting in a complex with a security gate. You know the kind? With a callbox for…
Gentle and Lowly, Walking Away From Faith, Talking Money, and a Beautiful and Awful Story
Book “Gentle and Lowly: The heart of Chris for sinners and sufferers” by Dane Ortlund – This one is such a wonderful look at the heart of Christ, how that squares with what our humanness assumes about Jesus, and how…
All Things Kate Bowler
Kate Bowler’s latest book, No Cure For Being Human, released this week. And she’s been on the podcast circuit. And she’s fantastic. Here are two appearances I really enjoyed…and yes. They are different and it is worthwhile to listen to…
Hope, Problematic Pastors, and a Mystery
Podcasts “Hold on to Hope” on The Next Right Thing – Gosh this was encouraging. In the midst of madness and all that seems to be overwhelming in the world right now, this was a real call to peace and…
Divorced Christians…and other friends I’m making these days
You know those times when you look around and realized God has walked you into a new season? You’re already there. Maybe you’ve been there a while. But something prompts you to look up, look around, and see that something…
The Example I Didn’t Want to Give
“Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6 “Tell me how you’re doing,” she said. Not even an actual question. Just a statement that asked…
Back To School and (a solution for) Negative Thinking
Podcasts Breaking Free From the Spiral of Negative Thinking (proverbs31.org) – This is a great discussion with Lysa Terkeurst and Craig Groeschel about Craig’s new book Winning the War in Your Mind: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life. If you…
Voices in the Storm
I grew up on the coast of Georgia. The smell of the salt water, the image of marsh grasses blowing in the wind, and the taste of salt air on my tongue come to mind any time I think back…
Hunting Bin Laden and a Sermon About Mean People
Books “The Finish: The Killing of Osama Bin Laden” by Mark Bowden – OK. This is admittedly a bit of a left turn. But stay with me. My oldest is a history buff and I’m scrambling to try to find…
Without Dread of Disaster
When I was a kid, I was terrified of quick sand. Quick sand. I was terrified of something from cartoons about treks in the jungle from the comfort of my coastal Georgia world. Quick sand. In cartoons, and later in…
