If I had to assign a theme for our day yesterday, it would be wonder. Wonder that “feeling of admiration, surprise, or awe caused by something new, unexpected, or inexplicable.” And if I had to name a quality too few people, especially evangelical Christians value, it would also be wonder. How rarely we stop to be surprised. How reticent we are to express awe at the every day miracles we encounter.

Why April Fool's Day Might Be more Spiritual Than You Think and People I know seem to fall into one of two different camps. They either love April Fools’ Day or hate it.

came across this verse the other day and was reminded of how I held on to it when I was raising my daughters. My focus then was on cultivating faithfulness in their lives, and while I think that is an apt application, I also think it is a limited one. Let's take a closer look.

I could hear my great-grandmother Cleta Mae, but my five-year-old self didn’t come out from hiding under the bed. I don’t really remember why I was hiding in the first place, but when I didn’t come out after the first or second or third calls, I knew I was going to be in trouble. My grandmother, Charlie Marie, arrived, and it didn't take long after that for them to find me. I think I tried to pretend like I had fallen asleep, but there was no need to try to avert punishmen

I honestly don’t know how to sit down and write a feel-good blog post for well-meaning Christian women to read right now.

Have you ever found the order in which Paul talks about the Armor of God interesting? In Ephesians 6, when Paul is describing the Armor...