Category: downsize my life
Natasha and Sophie’s Radical Challenge
If you've read this blog for long, you know how much I loved "Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream" by David Platt. Well, my friend Natasha loved it too, and blogged through the entire book. Now, she ...
Going There: Another Take on the Orphan Crisis
It's been just over two years since a magnitude 7 earthquake hit Haiti, killing more than a quarter of a million people and leaving thousands of children orphaned, overwhelming a nation already in crisis. Kristen Howerton, who has adopted from ...
Is Jesus the Anti-Santa? Kids, Ministry and Super-Sized Sacrifice
I know I wasn't going to blog this week, but my blogging button got pushed, hard. First, I saw a video of an absolutely adorable little girl who is "donating" her birthday to raise money for the famine in the Horn ...
Occupy Your Wallet
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." First, a disclaimer: I haven't really been following the whole Occupy Wall Street thing, any more than I followed the Tea Parties in 2010. SO not into it ...
Downsize My Life
For the last year or so, I've been convicted about the need to downsize my life. I have too much stuff. Plain and simple. (And if you suspect I'm overstating the problem, check out my New Year's resolution from 2008. ...
Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream
I hate it when inspiration fizzles. Yesterday, I had a brilliant (if I do say so myself) blog post about the cost of discipleship burning burning a hole in my psyche, but couldn't find the time to type it out. ...
