10 months I waited. 10 months I waited for what was next in my life. Did God not hear my prayers? About how I wanted to pursue His will for my life? Why was God withholding His plan from me? Shouldn't He want to give me the plans for my life?

Is our faith in God that fragile that the minute something doesn’t happen, we doubt everything God has said to us? What does this say about who we believe God to be? It’s not about the size of our faith but the matter in which our faith belongs. So what do we do?

One of the hardest things I had to do to follow Jesus was to forgive a family member who had hurt me deeply for over two decades. Before I started getting closer to God, forgiveness for this person felt impossible.

In a world that pushes autonomy, the idea that our lives and bodies are not our own can feel countercultural—even uncomfortable. The messages surrounding us tend to encourage self-focus with phrases like “It’s my body, my choice” or “You do you, boo.” While these may sound empowering, they can distract us from the truth. We were created not for ourselves but for God’s glory.

Over the past three years, I have endured a painful season of hurt and betrayal by people close to me. What made these incredibly painful experiences is how blindsided I felt by the other person's actions.

I have given the idea of an elevator pitch a lot of thought lately — a short, but powerful, pitch that captures the heart of the Message in five minutes or less. But how do you summarize 66 books into five minutes or less? I guess I would start with John 3:16.