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If Todd Were the Easter Bunny…

The MoS crew really get into the celebratory spirit this year. Something Todd said recording our Easter podcast made me want to outfit the three of us in the latest craze. That’s right, look out Cadbury bunny, and say hello to Janimals. Our producer caught us in the action. Unfortunately, that’s not the most disturbing […]

Propositional Truth Meets Personal Encounter

Here are two categories that Christians tend to pit against one another. Michael Horton makes the case in his chapter on “How God Delivers His Grace” from Calvin on the Christian Life that this is a false choice. I’m always edified by the way Horton teaches about the preached Word. Here is an excerpt: In […]

The Wine Kitchen

Given the season, I wanted to repost this wonderful piece from Dana on the Passover meal and the Last Supper. It’s also fitting because I am taking about her today while I speak on the subject of hospitality to some fantastic Texas women. Right after last week’s sermon, my good friend, Dana Tuttle, and I […]

Gospel-Centered Cupcakes?

For this week’s MoS Bully Pulpit, I invited Carl and Todd over to sit in my kitchen and have a casual conversation about gospel-centered food. To get in the spirit, I made every square inch brownies, almond butter blossom cookies with dates substituting for chocolate kisses, sustainable Sundays, fair trade coffee, and  sent them off […]

Hold the Bread?

My pastor mentioned Luke 14:15 in his sermon yesterday while preaching on Proverbs 9. I remembered this article I wrote last year, and now find it even more pertinent and timely than when I wrote it. I can’t seem to keep up with the latest health food trends. It’s exhausting. Back in college when I gained that […]

Highway to the Danger Zone

Matt and I have found ourselves in a completely different parenting stage. Gone are the days where we can control our children’s environment and make every decision for them. With a daughter in high school and one in middle school, we are painfully realizing that our job has now changed to preparing them for leaving. […]

Pastors and Blogs

If pastors and elders are to serve their congregation well, what are their responsibilities when it comes to being aware of what Christians are reading? I’m sure that a mere twenty years ago, aspiring pastors never thought that reading or writing blogs would be a valuable resource to their ministry. This is the topic I […]

Hear Me Calling?

Carl, Todd, and I learned the hard way that you can’t always trust the label. For instance, the brother who will not be named decided to invest in a non-fat yogurt shop. To our amazement, the yogurt is delicious! Maybe a little too delicious… As it turns out, Carl and I packed on a few […]

Treasuring Christ When Your Hands Are Full

Treasuring Christ When Your Hands Are Full, Gloria Furman (Crossway, 2014) “I feel like I could lift a bus to protect my offspring, but if you ask me to hand over my peanut butter banana smoothie to one of them, then I have to really think about it” (35). It’s lines like this that remind […]

Providence Is More Than A Doctrine

We currently are going through Genesis in my women’s Bible study class at church. This week Joseph entered the scene. As we were discussing his integrity and character, my teacher read this quote from James Montgomery Boice’s commentary on Genesis: In the chapters of Genesis that follow, nothing bad is ever said about Joseph. In […]