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When she knelt in front of me on the cement floor of the conference event center, I gave the answer I usually give, but I wished I'd had more to offer. She wanted to know, "How do I raise my little girls to be better? How do I teach them everyone matters? How do I raise them to embrace …
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We agree, to the best of our ability, that racism is still a problem in the world. We have raised awareness, taken stands, and we have composed Tweets and posts and essays about the evil of it all. There will always be a need for that. As long as racism exists, there will be a need for …
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Maybe it's because it's Fall, but I'm just going to go ahead and put down some meandering words on the page/screen. I hope that's okay with you. Truth is, I will always have a soft spot for the old-school way of doing things, when blogging was a new thing and we were all getting our feet wet and we …
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I couldn't hang, y'all. I missed the dance party. I know! I would have been in this picture if I wasn't in my hotel room, knocked out in my bed. Suffice it to say, Allume was a beautiful experience. I'm giving Logan a standing ovation. Girlfriend has become a trusted friend over the past few …
My natural inclination is to turn my back on the wilderness. I’d rather have a thriving and growing and successful ministry, children who behave well in public, a model marriage, a body free from illness, a world immune from death. And, to be sure, God is making all things new. But for now, we live …
Sometimes, breathing is the only prayer we can pray, and God hears our sigh and once again breathes the breath of life into us. We exhale, and it seems like such a little thing. But some days, it is everything. My friend, Ann, invited me over to her front porch today. So, I'm looking out over the …
