How Embracing Rest Can Change Your Life
When you hear the word rest, what comes to mind? In a culture where the world wears busyness as a badge of honor, how can we live under God’s banner…
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Bonnie Gray
8 big truths that the Bible teaches us about slowing down.
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is author of the 40day soul detox Whispers of Rest and Finding Spiritual Whitespace. An inspirational speaker and retreat leader, she has touched thousands of lives through storytelling, visual arts, nature, prayer and meditation. Bonnie’s writing is featured on Klove, Christianity Today and Catalyst Leadership. She lives in California with her husband and their two sons.
Having Mental Health Issues Doesn’t Mean You’re a Bad Christian
I find it hard to confess that I was emotionally wounded. Because you might question my faith. Worse yet, you’d probably accuse me of not trusting God enough or tell me…
What to Pray When You Don’t Feel Like Praying
I didn’t know that I was hiding. I’ve always been good at praying. Or so I thought. My dad left when I was 7. I’ve always looked to God as…
A Real-Life Guide to Not Burning Out From Church
There’s a secret among certain Christian millennials: More than a few Sundays have passed, and they, well, haven’t been to church. Maybe the intention was there, but something kept them…
Why Mark Zuckerberg’s Meeting With Pastors Is So Significant
The doors of Facebook literally sit a few exits away on the freeway from where I live in Silicon Valley and I can walk to Google just down my street. But…
Why Mark Zuckerberg’s Meeting With Pastors Is So Significant
The doors of Facebook literally sit a few exits away on the freeway from where I live in Silicon Valley and I can walk to Google just down my street. But…
Sometimes Your Questions Don’t Need Answers to Change You
In a Christian culture that often celebrates performance as passion instead of intimacy and rest, we may be tempted to avoid asking our most important and difficult questions we carry…
Sometimes Your Questions Don’t Need Answers to Change You
God 6 ways to invite intimacy with God. Share Facebook 2 Twitter 0 In a Christian culture that often celebrates performance as passion instead of intimacy and rest, we may…
Churches Need to Stop Avoiding Talking About Sexual Abuse
I was touched in places that shouldn’t be touched. I was 10 years old. My mother was a single parent, and she worked in a Chinese restaurant, throwing a wok over…
How To Pray Even When You Don’t Feel Like it
I didn’t know that I was hiding. I’ve always been good at praying. Or so I thought. My dad left when I was seven. I’ve always looked to God as…
10 Ways to Redefine Gratitude
I have mixed feelings about the Thanksgiving holiday. On one hand, it’s a wonderful holiday tucked right before Christmas with no agenda other than to gather and eat a traditional…
What To Do When Your Dreams Stall
She told me I was selfish to try to be a writer. My mother said other people can afford to go off to become journalists, but God gave me gifts for…