“To Seek and To Save” Advent 2019 As one of the fullest and most complete encounters of Jesus’s life, my good friend Jenni challenged me to read the entire Book of Luke this Advent season. This particular Gospel also includes the most commonly recited version of Jesus’s birth story. I thought, why not and […]
Why? Because she’s just like you and me Ok, so my anger doesn’t literally crystallize into an icy blast, and I can’t turn a fjord into a giant ice skating rink with the force of my finger, but this I know is true: “For what I do is not the good I want […]
A FROZEN DEVOTIONAL FOR ADULT DISNEY LOVERS “There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear.” -1 John 4:18 On this earth, there is no perfect love. No matter how great our earthly relationships, whether family or friends that God has placed in our lives, we have not experienced a […]
I imposed a 24-hour no talking rule on myself, and this is what happened Hey Readers! Fair warning: stuff’s about to get REAL. I’ve got some vulnerability to share, and I’ll start by owning that at least a strong part of me is an 8 on the enneagram (“the challenger”). As such, the emotion […]
On the first day of school this year, my son came home saying a boy on the bus told him there were two things he needed to do to be cool: 1) own a pair of Vans (a brand of shoes that were, mind you, brag-worthy in my day and have made a recent […]
It’s one of the most called upon Bible verses. Simple and short, it makes for easy remembering. Plus, it looks beautiful in a modern calligraphy typeface. But beneath the subject matter of all those Hobby Lobby/Etsy/Pinterest lettering projects, in our world of hustle and bust-your-buns bustle, the two words of advice “Be Still” […]
Princess Jasmine is Modern-Day Esther One of Disney’s most noteworthy business objectives of this decade is modernizing their classics through live-action remakes. It makes perfect sense: Disney reeled out box office successes in record-breaking proportions every year from the time I went to kindergarten until the year I learned to drive. I’m the generation […]
Every day, God is at work in both the seemingly small, intimate spaces of our lives, as well as in the signs-and-wonders, immeasurable kind of way you can see throughout the universe. Every once in a while, God allows us to catch wind of these two things intersecting in our lives. Some would […]
I’m not sure how to say this out loud, but the original The Lion King was never one of my favorites growing up. Too sad. In fact, it was the first movie in which I cried while watching. So, whenever I look back on the movie, it’s the
IF THERE’S ONE LANGUAGE OUR KIDS KNOW, IT’S THE LANGUAGE OF PRINCESSES & PIRATES. The writers, producers and artists of Disney have often been heralded the greatest storytellers of modern times, and rightly so: the Walt Disney Company is currently worth anywhere between $100-150 billion. Kids all over America (and some places around the […]
