This World Won’t Feed Your Soul today at (in)courage

This World Won’t Feed Your Soul today at (in)courage

I read the email Saturday afternoon as we pointed our car north and began the hour-and-a-half drive home from an early morning cross country meet. “It’s your lucky day! Tickets are still available for THE AVETT BROTHERS!” it declared in bold letters. My third son and...
It’s Fall, Y’all—Decorate Your Desktop for October!

It’s Fall, Y’all—Decorate Your Desktop for October!

Hello friends and welcome to October! Fall is my favorite time of year, and although the leaves are still mostly green on the trees, there’s a nip in the air and the promise of fall foliage and sweater weather ahead. My two youngest girls and I visited an...
Why Matthew 18 Works today at (in)courage

Why Matthew 18 Works today at (in)courage

Can’t we all just get along? Unfortunately, the answer is no. In a perfect world we live together in harmony, but in reality we’re sinners who sometimes struggle to see eye to eye. Jesus understands our human nature and knows we need tools to handle offenses among us,...
Summer Reading List: Hands Free Life and Girl Meets Change

Summer Reading List: Hands Free Life and Girl Meets Change

Two friends release books into the world today: Rachel Macy Stafford’s Hands Free Life: Nine Habits for Overcoming Distraction, Living Better, and Loving More and Kristen Strong’s Girl Meets Change: Truths to Carry You through Life’s Transitions. I...
When Our International Adoption Turned Local

When Our International Adoption Turned Local

I’m pleased to welcome my friend Emily T. Wierenga to the blog today! Emily’s new memoir, Making It Home: Finding My Way to Peace, Identity, and Purpose, releases tomorrow. Atlas Girl was one of my favorite reads of 2014 and I’m excited to read...

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