Anxiety is real. Depression won't simply be prayed away. Mental illness is everywhere, and it cannot be ignored. We, as followers of Christ, need to do a better job. How can we care for them? What is our place in their recovery? And how can we act like we have no place in it? When…
“As long as Moses held up the staff in his hand, the Israelites had the advantage. But whenever he dropped his hand, the Amalekites gained the advantage. Moses’ arms soon became so tired he could no longer hold them up. So Aaron and Hur found a stone for him to sit on. Then they stood…
“We’re busy reassuring one another that God wants us to do what’s safest for our families and to pursue God in a way that looks suspiciously similar to what we’d naturally do if our only concern was our own comfort and happiness.” -Letters to the Church, Francis Chan I am definitely guilty of reassuring myself…
Today a friend and I met at a coffee shop in the rain, and let our three kids run around in the outside dining area. We drank our coffee as they splashed in puddles, fell all over the place, and interrupted our conversation every two minutes or so. I remember little of what we discussed,…
In my normal, mother-with-three-kids-at-the-library style, I browsed the newly arrived fiction shelves near the kid’s room. I didn’t recognize any authors right away, so I picked up one that had a pretty cover. I was about to put it back down when the author’s bio caught my eye. “Sharon Garlough Brown holds an M. Div.…
Continue reading ➞ Sensible Shoes: A Story About the Spiritual Journey by Sharon Garlough Brown
My junior year of college was one of my best years of college, I started dating my now husband, ran a personal best in the 5k and the steeplechase, and had a poem published in the college’s journal. Those things were great, but in the midst of those wonderful things I was terrified of being…
In 2010, 33 Chilean miners were trapped underground for 69 days after the mine caved in on them. One young man, Jose Henriquez later deemed “the Pastor,” was not a pastor by trade, but his outward faith in God during this time led 22 of the 33 miners to make a commitment to Christ. He…
