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I didn’t plan to write books. Today’s call to courage? I need to be willing to write about some things I don’t want to share but feel nudged by God ...

The Lord will fulfill His purpose for me; Your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of Your hands. — Psalm 138:8 ESVI like the idea ...

Sometimes, life feels a little too ordinary and understated. We go about our days as if nothing meaningful could ever happen to us. We’re held back by fear and what ...

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. — James 1:17 NIVEverything you have, ...

Note from the Author:Dear friend,This says a lot to me, you being here. It says you are feeling what I sometimes feel — like there is more than this. Your ...

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of ...

What Is Brave? For I am the Lord your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you. – Isaiah ...

PrayThis is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. — 1 John 5:14 NIVI’ve had a long (and ...

You’re invited! We are launching Summer Book Club for the first time ever! We will be reading Annie F. Downs’s awesome new devotional 100 Days to Brave together and would ...

Change Always HappensEvery good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. — James 1:17 NIVEverything ...

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is ...

In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, ...

I love my people.I could write an entire book on that, which probably means this is going to be too long, but I don’t care. I want to live brave. ...

I’m a quitter. It comes way too easy for me to walk away from something that feels hard, whether it’s a gymnastics class, a friendship, or a diet. But as ...

Sometimes we just let go because we were supposed to let go. Not because something better is in view. God just makes it clear that the time has come.Letting go ...