the only start that lets us finish.

I began my 14th year of homeschooling yesterday. And if there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that good starts aren’t enough to sustain me through these years. Today, my books are organized by subject and date needed. My lesson plans …

finding Jesus in the laundry.

He is the head of the body, the church. Colossians 1:18 Jesus is the head — the command center, the authority, the brain of the operation. I am the body — the Church, the ekklesia, the people and parts called …

on truth, freedom and rest.

He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. Colossians 1:17 Somewhere in the world, a Christian t-shirt has this verse written in a bad font alongside a clever sentence that goes something like this: If life …

why you shouldn’t be authentic.

For by (Jesus) all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities— all things were created through him and for him. Colossians 1:16 Every disappointment I have — every …

a letter to the starving.

My big brother, Kevin, was born with a mental disability, but there were a few ways in which he was like every good Memphis boy: 1) you did not stand between him and a pulled pork sandwich, and 2) you …

when people fail you.

We don’t get them often, but Pastor and I received one last week. An angry email. 1,899 words from someone who doesn’t know us at all — someone I don’t think I’ve even met, in fact. 1,899 words detailing our …

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