“I need tempering, like glass. I need to accept more, amend more gently, listen rather than assert. Especially when it is God who speaks.” The poet Luci Shaw wrote these words when she was 84 in Adventure of Ascent. Her roving, curious, teachable, vital spirit shines through.

It’s tough to disentangle confidence in God’s goodness and steadfast love with our circumstances, but it’s essential work and an act of faith.

“A line of peace might appear if we restructured the sentence our lives are making, revoked its reaffirmation of profit and power, questioned our needs, allowed long pauses . . .” Denise Levertov

March 2, 2022. Today is the 2-year anniversary of the release of Jesus & Women with Lifeway Women. WOW! I want to thank each and every person who has feasted with us over these last 2 years. This series is still running through the earth. We are not done yet! 😇

Keep an eye out for this one! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

NEW: For the first time in its 130-year history, Lifeway Christian Resources will have an African American woman as trustee chair. Missie Branch was elected Tuesday, March 8, by Lifeway trustees during a special-called meeting. news.lifeway.com/2022/03/08/lif…

“Ring the bells that can ring, Forget your perfect offering, There is a crack in everything, That’s how the light gets in.” Leonard Cohen Sculpture by Allison Evonne Street. This show at the gallery at Life in Deep Ellum is stunning. #artandtheology

A poem for your Friday written by my 9-year-old, Far, far away there’s a plum tree sitting with the leaves rustling, plums dropping branches breaking, one alone plum tree sitting in a plain field

Our very first impression of God in Genesis is as a visionary and creative. Before we meet him as king, law-giver, judge, redeemer, we meet Him as Maker, the source of beauty and life.

John O Donohue’s book To Bless the Space Between Us had a profound impact on me when I was studying blessing. I needed a conversation like this to start the weekend. Any great podcast episodes you’d recommend? I need to freshen up my playlist. open.spotify.com/episode/4gzzIm…

“The knowledge of the fallen world does not kill joy, which emanates in this world, always, constantly, as a bright sorrow.” Alexander Schmemann

Join Mandy Smith, Tina Boesch, Sean Isaac Palmer (Taylor’s Version), @angiewardphd, and me discuss issues related to our new book Kingdom and Country. The webinar is Thursday, August 25 @ 3:30PM ET. Register for free at missioalliance.org/kingdomcitizens

Join me for the Lifeway Women Symposium event! Learn from leading women theologians about biblical hermeneutics, historical and cultural context, and the literary nature of Scripture. October 14-15 at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Info and registration here: lifeway.com/symposium

An incredible ensemble of women contributed to this Advent study. It’s a chorus, not a solo. And I love it.

Happy launch day for Navigating Gospel Truth Rebecca McLaughlin 🎉 Not only is this study a captivating tour through the genres of literature in the gospels, it also reveals why we can trust them as true accounts of historical events. A perfect read in the weeks leading up to Easter!

Six women on six powerful prayers from the Bible. We need different perspectives on prayer, because we find a range of expressions of prayer in scripture. Don't miss the online Bible study starting June 29.

I can’t think of a better author to write on Ecclesiastes than Hannah. Illuminating insights and nuance on every page. A study to ponder for a book that unsettles, confounds, and asks all the hard questions while leading us to truth.

Navigating Gospel Truth is more than a Bible study; it’s a tool kit for reading and interpreting the Bible faithfully. Congratulations Rebecca McLaughlin !