Is Your Relationship with Jesus One-Sided?
Just like any human relationship, your relationship with Jesus takes time and effort. Think about the closest person in your life. It could be your [...]
7 Ways to Support a Friend or Loved One with Depression
This blog post originally appeared on thehopeline.com. I love my friends and family. I don’t want any of them to struggle, suffer, or [...]
Insecurity
Insecurity is dangerous. I don’t think we understand the destructive power that insecurity has, both for ourselves and for others. When considering the power of [...]
Reflect the Light of Christ
A few months ago, I attended the most amazing event. If you’ve never been to the Designed For Life Conference for women, you should go! [...]
Silence the Voice of Comparison
I’ve always loved photography. The way a picture can say so much without using a single word is such a beautiful thing. Don’t get me [...]
God Created Us to Be in Community
God has a plan for you. God has a purpose for you. God also has people for you. Your people will have an influence on [...]
Are You Tending Your Garden?
15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. 18 Then the Lord [...]
God’s Abundant Grace
He gives it to us in a way that is far more abundant and delicious and beautiful than we deserve or need! Think of all the things on this earth that reflect God’s good and abundant grace: sunsets, good food, air conditioning, loved ones, your favorite movie… these things are all God’s grace.
Choose Love
The Bible says that God IS Love. Often apart from Him we flounder, we struggle, and we lose hope. However, when we take on life [...]
An Opportunity To Be Thankful!
The craziness of the holidays is in FULL swing. We have the opportunity to get the most out of each day, or let it get [...]
Three Things I’m Learning About Disappointment
Taking on disappointment is hard and holy work. It’s choosing long-term freedom over momentary wallowing. It’s choosing the unseen promises of God over the weight and throbbing of current circumstance. Hope is trying work, and sometimes we’ll grow weary. Don’t give up.
10 Reflections on Relationships
Relationships are complex and often hard to navigate. As Christians we are called to be in community, but sometimes it’s difficult to decipher what that looks like. We are so thankful for the wisdom of beautiful Mercy graduate Catharine, who shares some of the lessons she’s learned about relationships in a season of relocation!