We’ve all been there. Hunger so intense that we passed irritable six miles back. Stomach-growling, sweat-beading, all-encompassing need. If we don’t eat soon someone will die. There is a word for this catastrophic state of emergency: Hangry. This, my friends, was our sermon topic yesterday morning. When we get hangry, we will reach for the…
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Thursday
Bills. Litter boxes. Ratchet customers who haven’t caught.on to the 21st century, 20% tip memo. Dishes. Dental appointments. Sticky, whining children. Sticky, whining adults. Cracked windshields. Rain. So much rain. Sometimes it’s hard to catch a glimpse of God. Everything seems so..blah. Boring. Routine. Uninspiring. It seems as though it would be easier if we…
No Coincidences
Sometimes God says “I love you” with a tornado and a broken car. I arrived at work a little early yesterday, and as I was sitting in my car under a darkening sky, I glanced up at the tall, heavy trees perched on the small, sloping hill directly in front of me. There’d just been…
Mom Jeans
I became a Christian in a traffic jam on 66 East. Well, lots of traffic jams, actually (reason #487 why I will *probably* never move back to Northern Virginia). My 98 Dodge Neon didn’t have a CD player, so I was stuck with radio. Normal, AM/FM radio. Since WPGC seemed to have the same four…
What’s Your Superhero Name?
We all love a good superhero story. Someone steps out of obscurity, scared to go to battle but armed with secret powers and a sense of duty. He swoops in, putting his own life at risk, to save the people from the evil plot of the nefarious villain. There are suspenseful fight scenes, and once…
Tellin’ It Like It T-I- Is
I am not a great Christian. I have a fondness for the word “mofo”, I suffer from road rage, and my downfall has always been sexy black men. Thankfully, I love a God who shows himself strong in my weaknesses. I don’t actually curse (that much), I seldom use communicative hand gestures on the highway,…
Rhymes with Nope
Can sex outside of marriage be in the will of God? Look, I’m right there with you wishing the answer was “yes”. We could go back and forth all day about why your situation is different, or how unfair God is for making me wait, but it comes back to one point: God says no….
Light It Up
I am confident this is going to be a great month. When I first decided to make February my month of Gratitude and Joy, I figured God would allow my arm to fall off or that suddenly Netflix would reveal the Gilmore Girls Reunion Episodes were nothing but a cruel hoax. Instead, I am seeing…
Christian or Practical Atheist?
I was attending a women’s retreat a few years ago. While we popped M&M’s and Hershey’s Kisses, women from our church spoke on various topics, and one of my (now) dearest friends spoke on the topic of “practical atheism”. I had never heard the term before, and it intrigued me. I had heard of atheism…
Stress: How to Respond
There you are, stretching luxuriously in your comfy bed. The sun is shining. The birds are chirping. You take a deep breath, smile slightly, and sit up. Some coffee would be great right now! Then, without warning, an alarm goes off signalling a new email or text message. You read it and your heart sinks….
Living Well 