Guest Author: Angie Woods, founder of Stewarding Your Story The season of singleness can be such an amazing season if you choose to make it that. Regardless of if you are called to celibacy and service or if you are preparing for marriage you must get good at stewarding your body, desires, relationships, time, and … Continue reading Stewarding your season of singleness
BUSYNESS isn’t our goal. GODLINESS is. It only takes 0.25 seconds to glance at my planner and become overwhelmed. So much to do, so little time. And if I’m not careful, I start equating the *quantity* of things I do with *worth* in the kingdom of God. That is so far away from the truth! … Continue reading Busyness does not equal godliness
I had just finished talking to Mason about my next blog post on patience as we pulled into the Chick-Fil-A drive-thru line. I groaned as I realized our line was 5 times longer than the other lane. I impatiently tapped on the side door grumbling to Mason for what felt like an eternity before it … Continue reading Patience for now and the future
Several ago, many of us set a new year’s resolution to be more “intentional.” The only problem with that goal is that we have no idea what intentionality really is or what it should look like in our day-to-day lives. Sure, “intentionality” is so broad that it could really mean anything you want it to. … Continue reading The goal of intentionality is to look like Christ
God has already placed people in your life who need to hear about Him. Each of you reading this post has a specific sphere of influence—a group of people you interact with every day who are in need of the knowledge and encouragement that comes from Christ alone. This world of brokenness needs the gospel … Continue reading Sharing your faith
Why do we pray? No, really? Here's what I've discovered. Many of us pray because we need something. Some of us pray because we're angry or desperate. Others pray it because we think it will make us feel better or because we feel "guilty" and know we need to. While these reasons aren't "wrong," I … Continue reading 7 Ways to Deepen your Prayer Life
What do you get when you fit dozens of twenty-something girls into one hostel? I didn’t want to stick around to find out. It was night two on our trip to the Scottish Highlands and I was ready for some alone time. “I’m going to take a walk,” I mumbled over my shoulder to the … Continue reading Take A Walk
The corner of my eye caught a pick-up truck being slung off the spaghetti loop exit to the road right in front of me. It started fishtailing. The slick roads provided no traction as it wavered uncontrollably between its lane and mine. I tapped on the breaks to avoid hitting the truck, only to find … Continue reading Wrecking My Definition of Protection
The sticky island breeze rolled through the window as I caught a glimpse of the young girl circling the room. She had paced it at least a dozen times by now, the worship music following her. I closed my eyes in reflection just to be startled by a tap—it was the girl. She cupped a … Continue reading A Message in Clay
God answers prayers. This is a truth we can probably all agree on. We know that the God of the universe hears and responds to everything from a whispered desire to an outcry of devastation. What we don’t always realize is that sometimes, God’s response is no. It was this very “no” that left me … Continue reading When God Says “No”
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