Last week I had the honor of speaking on Esther 1 & 2 at the Moody Bible Institute’s annual Founder’s Week. I have been profoundly changed by my study of Esther these past several months. I was also blessed to write this month’s edition of Today in the Word on this incredible book. It’s not… Read More Positioned, Prepared, & Propelled
Lessons from a Long Year Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I haven’t written in this space for several months, so I thought I’d begin with a little life update… Not long after my last blog post—back in July—I was asked to take on some additional responsibilities at Moody Bible Institute. I am now serving… Read More #3: To Ask for Help Is Human
Lessons from a Long Year Fear is a familiar feeling for many of us. We may recognize it immediately when it taps us on the shoulder, squeezes our chest, punches us in the gut, slaps us in the face, or spins around inside our head. And certainly, sometimes, that fear is actually our friend. When… Read More #2: Look Fear in the Face and Call It by Name
Lessons from a Long Year On lengthy Worrall road trips, the fight for radio control is real. We usually feature worship music in the mornings. But sometime around our first bathroom break, the battle begins. Peter switches over to sports—especially since the Women’s World Cup is happening, and both England and the USA are doing… Read More #1: Love Is Hard, and…
Two weeks ago today, Peter and I read the last essays from our professorial piles. We posted our students’ final semester grades. And we officially completed what we would call one of the longest school years of our lives. If you know our recent journey at all, you understand why. Just a couple of days… Read More Lessons from a Long Year: A New Summer Series
I’ve learned so much while writing this blog series on CALLING, and I’ve had such a significant response from all of you, that I feel led to turn the content into a NEW RETREAT SERIES, which will be ready for FALL 2019. I believe that this subject will resonate with any audience of any age!… Read More NEW Retreat Series: “Live Your Calling”!
Guest Post by Dr. Mollie Bond A college buddy and I were on her couch, talking about the plateau that a mid-career woman can feel. With our feet tucked underneath us like we were those college kids from decades ago, we discussed the next steps in our dreams as if we had just graduated. What… Read More Dreams and Callings
To wrap up our series on CALLING, and in honor of this month’s graduates, I am re-posting this classic piece from 2014. It became the launching pad for our first book, 20 Things We’d Tell Our Twentysomething Selves, which makes a great graduation gift for high school and college grads alike. So congratulations, graduates! “The… Read More 20 Things I’d Tell My Twenty-Something Self
Despite the fact that it snowed here last Saturday, summer is coming! Truly, it is. It’s obvious on our college campus, since all of us—professors, staff, and students alike—are limping along in mile 25 of this marathon—counting each mile marker, turning the last corner, and straining our eyes for the finish line. See, as much… Read More Rid Yourself of the Tyranny of the “To-Do”
So far in our series on CALLING, we’ve talked about God’s “General Call” on our lives—to salvation and discipleship and eternal life with Him. We’ve also examined several “Specific Calls” God gave to His people throughout Scripture—to go into the land which God would reveal, to lead His people out of Egypt, to be a… Read More 8 Keys to Determining God’s Call
