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When Church Stops Feeling Like Home: Finding Belonging in Midlife Faith

For many women in midlife, church has long been...

They Said His “Southern Accent” Made Him Sound “Unintelligent”–So He Apologizes with a Southern Flare

Chad Prather responds to haters with a smile and some sarcastic love--y'all are fixin' to love it!

This Is What I Wish You Would Say When Your Child Points at My Daughter

As we enter the playground area, your child immediately points to mine, calling loudly “Mom, look at HER!”

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The Problem With a “Feel-Good” Church

"It’s not the job of a pastor to promise things to people that the Bible doesn’t."

10 Differences Between a Believer and a Christian

Warning: This might shake up your faith.

A Letter to My Rainbow Baby

"My deepest hope is that through the holes of our brokenness, our hope, love and light shine through to you all the more. That our torn hearts can actually stretch bigger now, holding both you and our other baby in it."

I’ve Decided to Leave My Husband and Children

"The fact was I would never feel good enough all the time, fully loved half the time, or totally appreciated and understood even some of the time."

Homewrecking Wives & Drunken Prayers: Why We Should Stop Trying to Love Like Jesus

"After 18 years of pastoral ministry, I have never met a person who fell in love with Jesus because a Christian scolded them about their morality or their ethics. Have you?"

The Letter I Wrote to My Future Husband 3 Days Before God Revealed Him to Me

"It’s funny how God works. Three days later, this boy happens to walk into my church. I had met him three years prior, yet in that moment God showed me something different."

When God Gives You One Pink Line, But He Promised You Two

"One pink line. He reached over to catch me thinking I would fall apart. But I didn't. My heart just sank to the bottom of the floor...I fell to the ground and let out the floodgate of tears I was holding back."

Dear Church, Here’s the Real Secret to Keeping a Millennial (From a Pastor’s Kid)

"I know this church thing. I’ve done it my whole life. But being a millennial in church is a whole different story."