Fast Fail
My friend Sue is a master faster. She once did a 40 day fast. Honest. With only fruit juice and a very understanding family. And she’s a pray-er too. She truly did the whole thing right! I kind...
View ArticleHow do you prepare for Easter?
Do you ever feel like an Easter failure? I do. I’m not a very good Easter person. It doesn’t help that usually the season in Minnesota is exceedingly ugly and inevitably it sleets or snows on Easter...
View ArticleAn Experimental Mutiny Against Excess
So awhile ago I told you about a flip-me-on-my-butt book I read called 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess by Jen Hatmaker. Anyone read it?? What are you waiting for? Go get it! I said I was...
View ArticleDoing Easter Better
This weekend I had the privilege of guest posting on the Willow Creek Association blog. If you’re a ministry leader you may want to check it out here, and take a look at their other resources! As I...
View ArticleSoul Detox, part 2
Monday I posted on the challenge of of soul detox and specifically, the impact of social media. For some of you this isn’t relevant and you can stop reading, but many are asking things like: If a tree...
View ArticleOne Thing I Don’t Want to do to Be Like Jesus
Confession: I reeeeally don’t like discomfort. (shocking, I know) I don’t like inconvenience, or pain, or sacrifice, or waiting. Thus, I HATE fasting. This means that I had a little problem Monday,...
View Article3 Questions I’m Asking About Spiritual Disciplines
When Katy was about 5 years old she did something I thought deserved a “time out” so I told her to sit on the stairs. A few minutes later, I walked by and heard her mumbling something. “What are you...
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