Growth
Faith has always been a challenging word for me. I was a philosophy major, not…
A few years ago, a young woman asked me to mentor her on being a…
Father James Martin is one of America’s best-known and best-loved priests. The best-selling author is…
I’ve been thinking about joy for quite some time now. Or rather, why we Christians…
A while back I was thinking about this concept of home. I started wondering, “If…
How do we fight for truth and love in a world of hurt and rage?…
We all seem to be looking down these days. I wonder if that’s why many…
After graduating college, a friend of mine was offered two jobs. Both with good pay,…
Several years ago, through a conversation with a friend and an epiphany at the farm…
If you do little things like they’re big things, God will do big things like…
January 1, 2021 came and went and very little changed. That’s not surprising, but it’s…
So many times as believers, we are overly focused on looking like other Christians and…
Jules Tompkins looks at the topic of weakness and prayer in a blog for RELEVANT.
Evan Bell writes a blog for RELEVANT about finding an adventure and risking everything with Jesus.
There are times when laughing very hard is brave defiance; a dare to the darkness…
How do you worship through a pandemic? How do you worship through unemployment? How do…
One day I had gotten in my car to drive to the church. I pushed…
Crazy-sounding Bible verses all have backstories that help us better understand what they meant to…
Fear is a noose. It tightens and asphyxiates, leaving breath shallow and forced. Those who…
Prayer is one of those things we know we “should” do, but often don’t know how. But perhaps we’re making talking to God harder than it really needs to be.
Many of our daily choices happen invisibly, almost by default—like what we eat for breakfast,…
A new year can be full of hope with the promise of a new beginning,…
RELEVANT tackles the topic of fasting, looking at the physical, emotional and spiritual results of the ancient discipline.
If getting in shape was easy, then everyone would do it. That’s the thing about…
Everyone wants it. Authors, bloggers, musicians, pastors. Your Facebook friends, your Twitter followers, your Instagram…
You may not believe me but human beings are defined by their relationships more than…
One of God’s great gifts that often goes under appreciated in our “productivity is king”…
Looking at change as a constant part of life.
The power of gratitude is the ability to see the good. More specifically, a grateful…
Do you ever find yourself defining life by before and after the deep hurt? The…
My dad, who was a pastor, told me a story one time when I was…
In our world today, news and media comes in short, easy-to-read snippets that get the…
I may not know you, but I know this one thing: You’re waiting on something.…
If someone says something or does something that hurts you, what is the godly response?…
Technology has forever changed the waiting game. Thanks to Amazon and Apple, we can walk…
“He who sings prays twice.” This beautiful maxim, attributed to the early church theologian Augustine,…
Chronic illness is trauma. In 2020, it’s as if we’ve all been living through a…
I was just trying to go up an escalator. Somehow, I ended up sandwiched between…