The truth is that the phrase "thoughts and prayers," or the offhanded promise "I'm praying for you," can be empty. It can be performative. It can be meaningless. And before believers utter it - whether in text, on Twitter, in person, or anywhere else - we'd do well to ask ourselves a few questions and to think about what it is we're really saying. [Click title to read more.]
Category: Christian life
Eight Things You Should Do Today
Eight ways to make your day, and your mindset, a little better. [Click title to read more.]
Shhhh. (Sometimes The Best Thing You Can Is To Keep Quiet)
Solicitous silence is a practice we could stand to engage in more often. [Click title to read more.]
Be Ready For The Change That Will Alter Your Landscape
God is the constant in the topography of our shifting world. When the landmarks disappear, when what we know has been rendered foreign to us, He will remain the same. [Click title to read more.]
Let’s Stop Pretending Choices Only Matter For Adolescents
Among Christians, there's a sense that we've "made it" if we head into our adult years with our faith and our lives mostly in one piece. Except that isn't really the case. [Click title to read more.]
Christianity Is Not A Wellness Practice
Any time we use God as a means to our own end, any time we make God a "tool" that serves the same purpose as a crystal or a supplement or a coloring book - we've lost the plot. [Click title to read more.]
The Dangers of Being Easily Influenced (By Really Good People)
When we let ourselves be too easily influenced by other Christians - even the really, super-good ones! - we run the temptation of idolizing them. And then we're crushed and brokenhearted when it turns out that they're not perfect after all. [Click title to read more.]
You Will Never, Ever Pay Money For God’s Grace Or His Love. Don’t Believe Anyone Who Says Otherwise.
If we allow ourselves to believe that God's work in our lives can be purchased with money - if "faith" becomes "how much we are willing to spend" - then we believe that God can be bought. [Click title to read more.]
What My Journey With Christian Music Taught Me
For me, Christian music was a soundtrack to the questions and decisions and worries that only a teenager could understand. It was a reminder that it was okay to just do me, and not like what everyone else liked. And it taught me to marvel at all the different ways there were to praise God. [Click title to read more.]
7 Ideas For Joyful Spiritual Work This Summer
This summer is a great time to start on a joyful project. [Click title to read more.]
Samaritan's Song 