Dust to Dust
“The false story of anti-aging says: outward decline signals loss of identity and fear of suffering and death. To age is to diminish. The true story of aging says: outward decline yields inward growth of spiritual, and resurrection hope. To age is to deepen.”
Who Am I and What Am I Doing with My Life?
“Sometimes the open-endedness of life can feel like opportunity, but other times it feels like self-doubt and missing out.”
A Church That Cares
Probably more effective for pastors and leaders than laypeople, but good principles and guidance on creating a healthy culture of care at your church.
Post Woke
“It’s impossible for two worldviews to peacefully coexist in our lives. They will constantly be competing for our allegiance.”
Evangelism
A short little booklet as part of the Disciplines of Devotion series meant to help build simple, biblical practices into our days.
The Redeemed Reader
Probably the best resource I’ve seen to help parents find good books for their kids and engage them with both the beautiful and the hard!
Scrolling Ourselves to Death
This is a necessarily pessimistic yet optimistically hopeful book that I recommend everyone read that will point you to true life in a tech-saturated world!
The Art of Disagreeing
“Can you imagine how the church might be changed and the world might be impacted if we conducted our disagreements with the love of Christ?”
Humility
“Humility is the nourishing, calming acceptance that you have a small place in a much larger story: that your life is being guided by something far bigger than your plans or controls, and serving something far bigger than your ‘sole benefit.’”
Platforms to Pillars
“The failures of the platform society are causing many to question and a growing number to explore faith.”
Jude
“The preservation of our own comforts and the privileges afforded to preaching a half gospel can make it tempting to lay aside what we know to be true because there’s a lot to lose for preaching the whole gospel...”
Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart
“Art makes a statement we can return to when we struggle to find the words. Even in our places of deep lament, hope is there, and art plays a role in stirring that longing.”
Walking in Unity
“For believers, unity is our starting point, not a destination to be achieved.”
Grateful
“The answer to living a more grateful life isn’t about trying more but relying more.”
My Dear Hemlock
A modernized version of C.S. Lewis’s Screwtape Letters for women: “Tread no further if your sin is precious to you.”
Holier Than Thou
“If there is anything I want this work to do, it’s to show you God. There is no one greater. No one better. No one more worthy of our entire selves, and I believe that as you see him as he is, you’ll want to be just like him too. Holy.”
Women of the Word
“Sound Bible study transforms the heart by training the mind and it places God at the center of the story.”
The Language of Rivers and Stars
“Nature gave the word ‘glory’ a meaning for me. I still do not know where else I could have found one.” —C.S. Lewis
No Time to Be Dumb
“You can’t afford the time that stupid sin will take. There is no time to have the dumb years… The longer you stretch things out, the more of your life you are wasting.”
The Steadfast Love of the Lord
“Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. (Jn 6:68) If God’s love isn’t real and steady and ultimately steadfast, what hope do any of us have? To what philosophy of life will we turn?”