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From My Husband: “If This Text Goes Through, I Love You”—The Day I Realized I’m Not OK

We played phone tag for hours and then he texted me a text I hope no one ever has to receive from someone they love and miss: “Still not working. Phone’s going to die. If this goes through, I love you.”

I Have a Black Daughter, but Apparently I’m Still Biased Against Black People

"I have a confession to make. It’s embarrassing...especially because I have an interracial family."

Atheist on Plane Trips Over Christian With Cerebral Palsy—Then Yells “If Your God’s So Real, Why Do You Have Those Braces on Your Legs?”

45 minutes later, he angrily shouted out the question that has been burning in his heart for years...

Tag: God

Why ‘Falling Out of Love’ Never Justifies Divorce

"What would you say to someone who has ‘fallen out of love’ with their spouse?"

When Faith Feels Heavy

"Why is it that you can have faith, yet still feel fallen? I mean, how can you hand it over to God, yet it still feels so heavy? You don’t want it to, but it does."

Why I Miss the Sleepless Nights

"When I was in the throws of it and literally bouncing back and forth, like a ping pong ball, between the doors in the hall, I could barely see the beauty. But oh how I tried."

How to Talk to Your Kid, Teen or Young Adult About God

"Spiritual conversations haven’t always been easy for me. This might seem like an odd confession from a Bible teacher and pastor’s wife. But it’s true."

Nope, Not Living My Best Life Over Here

"My life is full of uncertainty. But it is also full of a certain God."

Why We Should Let Our Children Go

Who are we to mourn their transformation, as though it’s unnatural, or worse, some cruel joke God plays on sappy mothers like me?

Is It Okay if I Don’t Feel God?

"Theology often isn't sexy... we want a shortcut to ecstasy."

Why You Should Not Have a Private Relationship With God

"I’ve run into a lot of people in my life who seem to think that their relationship with God is for them to know and for others to not worry about."