The Truth About Uncommonly Choosing Compassion over Judgment

There was a woman in my life a few years back who made it difficult to choose compassion over judgment when she spoke to me. She had a gift for saying the wrong thing at the wrong moment. I don’t believe she did it maliciously. She just had a consistency that made every interaction feel […]
When You Think Receiving Grace is Too Difficult

For a lot of years of my adult life, receiving race did not come easily to me. Even today, I catch myself starting to brush it off. That’s when my mind goes back to when a friend showed up at my door once with dinner, flowers, and two hours of her time during a particularly […]
The Stunning Discovery that God’s Mercy Never Runs Dry

There was a season in my life when I stopped praying. It wasn’t really a conscious decision. I just quietly withdrew, the way you might stop calling a friend after you’ve done something you’re too ashamed to explain. My guilt had me believing I was unforgivable. Knowing what I’d been told for years that mercy […]