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Recently, before a class at Hope, someone caught me off guard by saying, “You work at Hope … and you’re still getting more church? You give the church enough time yet?”I get why they asked. But the honest answer? It’s not more church I need. It’s more Jesus.The past few years, I’ve sidelined Jesus more… Read more
The first Bible verse my mom taught me as a kid wasn’t the popular John 3:16 or Genesis 1:1. It was 1 Peter 5:7. As a toddler, I only knew it as “God cares for you!” And I made sure when I walked around church, school, the grocery store, or Grandma’s house that everybody knew:… Read more
If you sit on your foot too long and then stand up, you might complain of paresthesia, or you might complain of “pins and needles.” You’d be complaining about the same thing, but in one case, you’d likely convey to those around you that you work in the medical field; in the other case, you’re… Read more
I grew up on country music—Alan Jackson, Garth Brooks, Martina McBride, and the like. There was one song in particular that my mom used to turn up loudly because she said it reminded her of me: “I Wanna Talk About Me” by Toby Keith. I probably don’t have to quote the lyrics for you to… Read more
