Jesus Blew Up Mary’s Birth Plan
Prepare the way for the Lord. – Isaiah 40:3 “Call your husband and tell him you’re having the baby today,” said …
Faith, Parenting
Faith
10 Ways to Help Refugees
My heart is heavy and so naturally I’m doing a lot of thinking about Bruce Willis. As one does. I …
Faith, Relationships
How to Be a Good Neighbor in the Wake of the Election
My daughters were scared to go to school on Wednesday because they’re immigrants and someone told them they’d be sent …
Faith, Parenting
Unexpected Baptism
We are never spontaneous. Planners we are. Our plans have plans, and we like it that way. But this weekend …
Faith
The Reluctant Gratituder
Hey guys, I’m over at my friend Courtney’s blog talking about gratitude, peace, and contentment. And I’m trying not to …
Faith, Parenting
How to Take Communion With Your Kids
I’ve never attended a church for which Communion was a regularly-occurring thing. Or the Eucharist or the Lord’s Supper. Whatever …
Faith, Parenting
Our Family Values…Besides Flatulance
Approximately one million years ago when we dedicated Elliott at church, they asked us to put something together about how …
Faith
A Christian and a Muslim Get on a Plane
The other night flying back from San Jose, the unthinkable happened. I was going about my usual business, in full-on …
Faith, Sponsorship, Uganda
This is not about Syrian refugees
If your newsfeed is anything like mine, it’s filled with people posting about refugees. Should they or shouldn’t they be …
Faith, Relationships
Allume, My Favorite Weekend of the Year
Well, “my favorite weekend of the year” has come and gone. This year’s Allume conference was as fantastic as ever, so …
Faith
Anthem for the People-Pleasing Freakazoids
This morning I woke up with a line from Office Space repeating in my head. “Corporate-accounts-payable-Nina-speaking…JUST a mo-MENT!” I am Nina. I …
Faith
Do You Want to Be in My Next Book?
I’m working on my second book right now. (Yes, I realize my first one just released. Apparently, I am a …
10 Things, Faith, Parenting
10 Things I Learned in 2014
Lists. This is that time of the year, when we take stock of our lives and list the old and …
Faith
The Posture of Prayer
This week at If: Catalyst Lab, I was talking with a friend about something and I thought, hmm, I’d like …
Faith, Orphan Care
Jen Hatmaker INTERRUPTED and Why We’re Really BFF
Okay, people, we need to talk about Jen Hatmaker. We must. We get to. The first time I ever heard …
Faith, Infertility
How I Survived Infertility Without Losing My Faith
For two years, I struggled to conceive naturally. I counted days, took vitamins, and even stood on my head after …
10 Things, Faith
The Top 10 Things I Want to Tell My Senior Girls
When we first moved to the Atlanta area and started attending a church with our little preemie babe, they needed …
Faith, Parenting
The Grace of God Through Stolen Cookies
Do you ever feel like you learn about God’s character through parenting? You look at your own reaction to something …
Faith
They Were Not Risen
I’ve come a long way since the Easter Freakout of 2008, when my hair straightener broke and I had to …
Faith
Killing Shame
#NoShame I write this a lot at the end of tweets. I just downed an entire box of Rainbow Nerds. …
Faith
The Noah Movie: You Can Like It and Still Love the Bible
I read a lot of opinions about Noah and decided to go check it out for myself this weekend. Some …
Faith, Parenting, WebCam Wednesday
The Shot Part of Life
Sometimes on Wednesdays I pretend like we’re having a cup of coffee together and just talking. I call these “WebCam …
Faith, Infertility
The End of an Era
“The end of an era.” I’m contemplating a couple of endings this week. How do you feel when things end? …
Adoption, Faith, Parenting
I Choose Love…Even When My Kids Are Turds
I love being a parent. I don’t always love parenting. All three of my kids have popped out of whack. …