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When I get to heaven, one of the questions I would ask God is what is the difference between anxiety and being in middle school? (If there is an actual scientific answer to this, I’m all ears too.)

We were able to hang out with Gage Jordan 🐏 and his wife and little girl for a couple of days on the farm as he finished one call, and prepared for his next church. They’re actually pretty cool for Presbyterians. 😁 A good time was had by all over nerdy church history

2000 years later, and people are still wanting to use the sword, call down fire from heaven on others, and use Jesus to overthrow Rome. The zealots never died. Humans have always wrestled against God’s patience, thinking it’s not as efficient as they think they are.

Did you know that Lutherans didn’t always call themselves Lutheran? Martin Luther never would have wanted that. They called themselves evangelical. But in the late 1800s in the USA, DL Moody and his patron wanted to “brand” the movement that they were starting, and needed a

Gossip is often talking to everyone but God about someone else’s situation that is not in your control to fix.

Recently an older gentleman asked us if we’ve gotten an update from our son’s coach on how he’s doing. He’s 18 and training for big national ski races. We said we talk with our son often, but no, we are not in contact with his coach. Surprised, he asked why. We said we felt it

When my kids were little, I asked an older mom with a bunch of kids how she kept her house clean/managed chores. She said when all her kids are working, the whole house gets clean in 30 minutes tops. I was astonished at this. Over the years, I’ve done various chore systems to

Current read, as I was asked to write up a review on it. (Still in the works). But so far, this book is so beautiful and readable and thoughtful that I may never write again. Whew. Some books just humble you with its beauty, and lift you up all at the same time.

Drive home from school with 3 youngest kids: Kid 6: Hey Mom, Me: yeah Kid 6: I have these papers from my teacher Kid 5: Hey Mom, Me: Hi Kid 5: I signed up for auditions Me: That's-- Kid 4: Hey Mom, Me: Yo Kid 4: I'm so excited for youth group Me: Yeah, -- Kid 5: Hey Mom, Me: Hi

I feel like I don’t present myself honestly enough online in regard to how often I’m really cranky at people and…the world, but that’s probably ok.

Bonhoeffer's work in Ethics is still so fresh - "Christians judge other people as a way to claim powers that only belong to God." #mindblowing

I recently spoke at the Being Lutheran Conference at the Free Lutheran Bible College. The whole event was on vocation. My session ended up being me sharing my testimony, and how God brought me to this place of writing books. If you feel like listening, my session is now

The last couple of years we've had to put down some pretty big boundaries with some people, and it was hard and painful. I was stuck in a people-pleasing cycle that was not God-honoring. So I had to step back and recalibrate how I interacted with them. But, like this morning, I