We often feel like needing rest is shameful and even ungodly. But what if this need for rest is a good part of God's creation?

Forgiveness gave me back the friends I lost, but not just after we said the words, "I forgive you." Forgiveness is a journey, not just a destination.

When prayers go unanswered, we tend to believe God is no longer for us. But what if we're missing all the prayers we never even prayed for?

A look at how fiction can reveal realities in our own hearts through the novel The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey.

My husband reached over and held my hand. “We can go home. It’s up to you.” My heart raced in my chest as I looked up at the people pooling in through the open glass doors of our church. In that moment, my theology warred against my angst: My love for the local church versus my social anxiety.

Giving space for our children's imagination requires our patience. Here's how God has helped me learn to slow down and give my little ones the space to imagine—and how that's helped my own imagination in the process.

Getting seasick is truly a miserable experience. How can Christians avoid “spiritual seasickness”—being thrown about by every wind of doctrine?

Though writing in itself is often a solitary work, it shouldn’t be done in isolation. As writers, we need a team of people to sharpen, encourage, carry, and guide us. I don’t mean a hired team to run your social media accounts, manage your website, or reply to comments. I mean friends and mentors, supporters, and loving editors. We need these kinds of people in our corner to keep us accountable, lift up our gaze, and grow us in our craft. 

Do you fear that perhaps you aren't boyfriend material—and that perhaps you need to change? May I suggest that you do, but not in the way you expect.

When all the trials of motherhood assail us, we can trust that through it all, Christ will hold us fast. Here's my story of trusting Christ to hold me fast through postpartum depression and anxiety.

Many of us have lived in that space between knowing something and actually doing it. We want the knowledge in our minds to overflow into a zealous display from our hearts. What can we do to put our feet and hands into action?

The best way to discover how God has gifted you is by being a part of the local communities he has given us.

As believers, we may feel the pressure to only ever read Christian nonfiction. Yet God, in his grace, has provided more than just that: He’s provided fiction and poetry as well. Perhaps you feel weary and burnt out from all the Christian nonfiction you’ve been reading, and the joy of reading at all has dissipated. Based on my own journey, here’s how I renewed the joy of reading from all kinds of genres.

We know that we’re supposed to discern the words of the world we absorb and make sure they’re in line with Scripture. But what about the thoughts that rattle around in our own minds? Do we ever take stock of the ideas swirling around our minds and hold them up to God’s Word? Or have we become so used to hearing them that we’ve attributed them to ourselves—or even God himself?

While beating us up for how awful we believe we are, self-hate also whispers to us that if we tried just a smidge harder, we could find the strength to obey on our own. But we can’t.

It’s hard to think sensibly of ourselves. We often look at our gifts one of two ways: Either with too much pride and entitlement or with a degrading view and lack of self-esteem. How do we learn to look at our gifts in a way that benefits the church and keeps us humble?

A little story about why folding fitted sheets carries feelings of friendship, love, and patience for me.

Perhaps you’re standing at a crossroad too. You’re unsure how to move forward. As a believer, you want to make a decision that is pleasing to God and will glorify him. You’ve tried searching for feelings of peace and listening for God’s voice, but you’re still confused. What if the decision process doesn’t have to be so mystical? What if a God-glorifying decision is plain and simple?

You know Bilbo Baggins. After his long journey, he returns a different hobbit. We were made to do the same.

Have you ever wished you could just ghost someone online rather than reply with the painful answer you know you need to give? If you’ve felt this temptation, let me assure you that you’re not alone—but also encourage you in a better way forward.