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The 10 Best Posts on Life, Leisure, and the Pursuit of Holiness in 2022

There’s something about turning the calendar page from December 31 to January 1 that makes us all a little more reflective about our lives. It’s a natural time to take...

He’s a Good Good Father and 12 Ways to Encourage Yours This Father’s Day

I spent my twenty-ninth birthday in the Emergency Room. It was late at night, and our four-year-old daughter was having severe abdominal pain. Feeling the situation was urgent,...

A letter to my son on his high school graduation

The Not-So-Secret Path of Life & 22 Ways to Trust the Lord, Class of 2022

Dear Son, I vaguely remember doing the math when you were born in 2003. It occurred to me that what seemed like a million years into the future, way off in 2022, you’d...

Teach Us to Number Our Drives, That We May Gain the Hearts of Our Children

My job as a Mom means my secondary office is my car. On days when we have sports commitments, I spend hours and hours shuttling my kids around town. This is nothing new for me,...

Beware of the Mindless Scroll, and How to Behold What’s Beautiful

Dear Daughter, The device you hold in your hand is an amazing tool. Its manifold uses are yet untold. When contemplating all the possibilities we often say, “the sky’s the...

The Compassionate Heart of the Father for Lost People and Lost Spandex

Over the weekend, we turned the house upside down looking for Gracie’s blue spandex. She was in a volleyball tournament and part of her uniform had seemingly vanished off the...

The love of God would drain the oceans dry

This is the Love of God in 4-D and How it Changes Everything

The prison guard moved around the empty cell layering mint green paint over the graffiti-filled walls. It was part of his job. When one inmate died, and before the next one moved...

Make Your Resolutions Stick in 2022, Jonathan Edwards Style

Each January we feel the allure of a fresh start. It’s the same feeling I used to get with an unopened box of Crayolas. So many possibilities were inside that little box. I...

Courage, Dear Heart. Four Ways a Secret Follower of Jesus Changed the Course of History

Now there was a man named Joseph, from the Jewish town of Arimathea. He was a member of the council, a good and righteous man, who had not consented to their decision and action;...

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The 10 Best Posts on Life, Leisure, and the Pursuit of Holiness in 2022

He’s a Good Good Father and 12 Ways to Encourage Yours This Father’s Day

The Not-So-Secret Path of Life & 22 Ways to Trust the Lord, Class of 2022

Teach Us to Number Our Drives, That We May Gain the Hearts of Our Children

Beware of the Mindless Scroll, and How to Behold What’s Beautiful

The Compassionate Heart of the Father for Lost People and Lost Spandex

This is the Love of God in 4-D and How it Changes Everything

Make Your Resolutions Stick in 2022, Jonathan Edwards Style

Courage, Dear Heart. Four Ways a Secret Follower of Jesus Changed the Course of History

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Blog: Holy Leisure Posts

The 10 Best Posts on Life, Leisure, and the Pursuit of Holiness in 2022

He’s a Good Good Father and 12 Ways to Encourage Yours This Father’s Day

The Not-So-Secret Path of Life & 22 Ways to Trust the Lord, Class of 2022

Teach Us to Number Our Drives, That We May Gain the Hearts of Our Children

Beware of the Mindless Scroll, and How to Behold What’s Beautiful

The Compassionate Heart of the Father for Lost People and Lost Spandex

This is the Love of God in 4-D and How it Changes Everything

Make Your Resolutions Stick in 2022, Jonathan Edwards Style

Courage, Dear Heart. Four Ways a Secret Follower of Jesus Changed the Course of History

Are You Trusting the Shepherd in Your Darkest Valleys?