Blog Posts by Laurie McClure

Some books are more like friends than inanimate leather-bound pages. Streams in the Desert and Jesus Calling have been my friends for years now and my ratty, well-loved copies sit ...

We had such a great chat with four of the InScribed authors — Wendy Blight, Amanda Hope Haley, Sarah Francis Martin, and Ashley Linne.Wendy Blight is the author of Living ...

Christine Caine is an on-fire evangelist, a powerful preacher, and the author of five books including Undaunted and Unstoppable, and a blessed mum to Catie and Sophie. She and her ...

Live Unrushed and Offer Your “Best Yes”“A [person] who lives with the stress of an overwhelmed schedule will often ache with the sadness of an underwhelmed soul.” ~ Lysa TerKeurstWe ...

You have a soul.When we sat down with Pastor John Ortberg, author of Soul Keeping, we talked about our souls and that caring for them is the most important thing ...

Maybe some of you have heard the phrase “servant evangelism.” But what does it really mean?When we sat down with Pastor Todd and Erin Stevens we discussed what it takes ...

Interview with Sally Cameron and Jenny Ross, the signature chefs from The Daniel Plan Cookbook The Daniel Plan Cookbook: Healthy Eating for Life is the companion cookbook to the #1 ...

This is our last week of the Restless Project. I know. The What Now? factor has kicked in.We’ve gotten real together. We’ve studied, and prayed, and read, and dreamed, and ...

In our Restless study so far, we’ve looked at our restlessness, our discontentment. We’ve looked at God’s Story. Our gifts. Our suffering. The places in our lives. The people in ...

If we’re going to love people well, we’re going to need God’s help!As Jennie Allen writes in the Restless study guide on page 118, Imagine getting to heaven and God ...

This week we’re studying Restless Chapter 4 — Places. Honest to goodness, I thought Phew! We’re through suffering! Didn’t you?But, like Joseph, sometimes our places are really hard places!Maybe the ...

What if your scars point to a greater glory? — Jennie AllenThis week, in Week 4 of our Restless Study, we’re studying a potentially painful subject: suffering. Jennie’s main idea ...

Jennie’s right. This is hard.I’ve avoided writing about this week’s Restless study lesson for three days.They that know God will be humble; they that know themselves cannot be proud. — ...

This week I had the privilege of being a part of something absolutely miraculous and gorgeous. Messy, painful, broken, agonizing, and so, so beautiful.Along the way, I discovered that you ...

Hi, my fellow Restless Bible Study friends! My name is Laurie and I’m so honored and happy to be your leader through the Restless Study. Did you happen to watch ...

What?It’s the official end? But, I’m not done!How do I write an “End of The Daniel Plan” article when I feel like I’ve just barely begun?Truthfully, at the beginning of ...