When God Won’t Take Away Your Anxiety
A question I’m often asked is, “How did you stop having anxiety?” I didn’t. “You mean, you still feel anxious?” Every now and then, yes. “You mean, God hasn’t healed…
Why God Doesn’t Feel Real During COVID-19
Whether you’re healthy or sick, overstocked on toilet paper or running low, still working from home or not working at all; God might not feel all that present in these…
John Krasinski Virtually Reunited the Original ‘Hamilton’ Cast to Surprise a 9-Year-Old Fan
We’re all doing the best we can in quarantine, and John Krasinski and Emily Blunt have been deploying their considerable charm and connections to bring a weekly home YouTube show…
How to Take Every Thought Captive During a Pandemic
Here we are. Three months into 2020 and it seems like the world is playing a cruel joke on us all. Australian bushfires, earthquakes in Puerto Rico, tornadoes in Tennessee,…
7 Things All Great Friends Do
It wasn’t until I had moved back to my hometown, post-graduation, and had to start all over in finding a community that I began to realize just how much I…
Don’t Forget Foster Families During the Coronavirus Lockdown
Foster families are facing extra challenges during the coronavirus lockdown. Here’s how you can help them.
Coping With the Silence of Self-Isolation
I’m writing this on March 22 and I have been in the house for six days. I have only gone out to get food or for a walk, although both…
Knowing Your Self-Worth Is a Commandment
For many Christians, the idea of loving yourself is one we either shy away from or we don’t give much thought to. It may be that we’re concerned that if…
Every Christian Should Know About ‘Global Compassion Fatigue’ …and How to Fight It
How can Christians maintain a loving, caring posture in the face of intense and chronic worldwide pain? Living through the COVID-19 pandemic brings this question into focus for many of…
This Woman Finished Her Chemo and the Neighborhood Threw Her a Socially Distanced Parade
On Tuesday, a young lady named Coco finished her final round of chemotherapy and was cleared to go home. Her nurses even performed a little song to congratulate her on…
4 Ways to Help a Hurting Friend
Editor’s note: This piece originally ran in 2019. A couple of years ago my life was upended. You probably know the type of thing I’m referring to—a major loss, a…
4 Mental Health Reminders in the Midst of a Pandemic
If you suffer from mental illness, the added anxieties in the age of the Coronavirus are likely very challenging. I totally get it. As someone who was diagnosed with severe…
7 Ways Christians Should Deal With Stress and Anxiety
I’ve always considered myself to be a person who handles stress pretty well. I like to be busy. I enjoy taking risks. I never thought anxiety was my problem. Then,…
Please Take a Moment to Watch These Happy Sheep Lounging in the Sunshine
There is a lot going on right now and nobody would fault you for scrambling from news article to news article, trying to get a handle on the state of the world…
6 Things to Remember When You’re Struggling with Anxiety
Anxiety is a monster. It can cripple you or make you act in ways that you would never otherwise act. It causes you to believe the most incredible of lies,…