My Big D

Please help me put this into words, Lord Jesus. Yesterday I said that my soul was in ruins. That’s because God had been pressing me, relentless, drilling the bottom of a single question: “What do you want?” Not, “What do you want for dinner?” Not, “What would...

The Big D

I’m not sure what to write today, not because there’s nothing going on, but because my soul is in ruins right now. This year at the Mount Hermon Christian Writer’s Conference I had the distinct privilege of sitting under Brandilyn Collins’...

A Sublime Mercy, Part VI: Fairy Tale

Part VI: Read Part 1,Part 2, Part 3, Part IV, Part V first. You have been called from death to life, loved in the midst of your sin and darkness and blood. You have been invited to thrive, responding to his word like a healthy plant or flower of the field. You have...

A Sublime Mercy, Part V: Naked

Part V: Read Part 1,Part 2, Part 3, Part IV first. If you hear God in your blood, right there in the field, life happens. “I made you thrive like a plant in the field; and you grew, matured, and became very beautiful. Your breasts were formed, your hair grew, but you...

A Sublime Mercy, Part III: But God

Part Three: Read Part 1, Part 2 first But God. That’s how the story changes in the New Testament. We “were dead in our trespasses and sins… but God.”  That’s because he isn’t like the fallen humans in your life. He’s different in all the ways that matter....