“Before you participate in shame’s campaign, turning away from your own needs, remember, your longings are good, God-given even. . . . Need draws us toward each other. We were meant to be engaged in a dance of giving and receiving. Our need was given to braid us into the loving care of the Trinity.”- […]
“Many of us get stuck in our relationship with God, practicing our smile in the mirror, repeating our memory verses for gold stars. God wants us to look happy, right? We think we need to make ourselves Sunday morning presentable as we cover up the needs of a heart that is exceedingly weary. We are […]
“Receiving God’s delight is not a trivial desire; it is paramount. In fact, our attachment with God is dependent on delight. We will not attach to someone we believe just tolerates our presence. Friend, you are not a waste of His time. He is not dragging you through the world, annoyed with the dead weight.”- […]
“We are daughters and sons of the Most High, yet we search high and low for love, for worth, and for provision. We sit outside the kingdom holding a little tin cup, while the King’s arms are always open. We keep foraging in old locations where we use to find connection.”- Summer Joy Gross “But […]
“God has called you out of darkness / Into His most marvelous light; / Brought His truth to life within you, / Turned your blindness into sight. / Let your light so shine around you / That God’s name is glorified / And all find fresh hope and purpose / In Christ Jesus crucified.”- Lutheran […]
“But here’s the question we must ask if we seek a secure attachment with God. Has this concept of Emmanuel become so overfamiliar that it has become lodged in our logical left brain and is never given the capacity to form the basis of our security in the world? . . . Have we kept […]
“We all need a safe pair of eyes to land on when we’re moving into fight-or-flight. We regulate our emotions through glances of kindness. . . . look for someone who knows us, someone who carries the truth of our value, someone who holds us in friendship when we’re in a swirl of anxiety.”- Summer […]
A Trip around the Sun Coauthors Mark Batterson and Richard (Dick) Foth wrote A Trip around the Sun: Turning Your Everyday Life into the Adventure of a Lifetime (BakerBooks) in 2015. When God placed us on earth, He created us for more than a safe ride. Therefore, we need to live with holy anticipation of […]
“God won’t say ‘Well thought’ or ‘Well said’ or ‘Well planned.’ There is only one commendation: ‘Well done.’ And there is no higher commendation than that. It is the epitaph that every Christ follower wants written over their lives. Anything less than that is falling short.”- Mark Batterson “His master said to him, ‘Well done, […]
“A legacy is the intangible things we leave behind. . . . Legacy is the essence of a person — their hopes, their dreams, their passions. It’s the part of their personality, their character, that you want to emulate. The people who have the greatest influence on our lives create a backdrop against which we […]
“Life isn’t measured in minutes. It’s measured in moments. It’s not the length of days that really matters. [Life’s] the stewardship of moments. . . . In other words, make each day count.”- Mark Batterson “Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.”- Psalm 96:12 (NIV) “Preach [and live] […]
“When we are touched by the eternal, it gives us the now in a way that nothing else does. . . . Earthly days can have eternal impact.”- Dick Foth “I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”- Philippians 3:14 (NIV) “If you […]