Freed & Fierce
“I want you to just ‘know’ with every fiber of your being that you can recover (even if you’ve already tried “everything”), and that you have a beautiful, vibrant life awaiting!”
Cloud Cuckoo Land
“A book is a resting place for the memories of people who have lived before. A way for the memory to stay fixed after the soul has traveled on.”
Humble Moms
“We are moms who love our children and know the privilege of our high calling, but see its demands, along with our struggles and shortcomings, and know, without a doubt, how much we need encouragement and help along the way.”
Watch Out for Her
“Desperate people do desperate things. Not always on purpose. But sometimes.”
Discrimination and Disparities
“Contrary to much that has been said, disparities in socioeconomic outcomes are neither improbable from a theoretical standpoint nor uncommon from an empirical standpoint.”
Gospel People
“‘The evangelicals’ are being defined—and even defining themselves—by agendas other than the gospel.”
The Falcon
“You can’t beat a raptor into submission. You must work with its natural behavior to bend it to your will.”
The Fruit of the Spirit
“When we abide in the Spirit, we take on a new nature in Christ, we are no longer branches bound for death. We are now grafted into a living, fruitful vine which causes us to bear good fruit.”
Is God Anti-Gay?
“God is against who all of us are by nature… But he loves us enough to carry our burden, take our place, clean us up, make us whole, and unite us forever to himself.”
Star Father
“Every time I have loved, I have lost.”
When Strivings Cease
“We can call it spiritual discipline, hard work, commitment, or pursuit of holiness, but if it’s motivated by self-fulfillment or self-improvement, it’s not a worship of God; it’s a worship of self.”
Star Mother
“You have taught me what it is to love… It is truth, it is promise, and it is sacrifice.”
This is Going to Hurt
“However a health-care system might be set up or funded, the experience of being a doctor is utterly universal. The same heartbreak, the same hilarity, the same damaging work schedule, and, of course, the same baffling array of objects getting constantly inserted into orifices.”
The Bletchley Women
“The times are changing and we don’t know where it will toss us. All that we know is that it’s time to take matters in our own manicured hands and handle them.”
Perspectives on Atonement
Was the crucifixion an act of violence against Christ by the Father?
When Words Matter Most
“You, and your words, are significant and necessary for the building up of his church… We build up the body of Christ by reminding one another who Christ is and what he’s done for us.”
The Maidens
“We all secretly hope that tragedy will only ever happen to other people. But Marianna knew, sooner or later, it happens to you.”
Dune: The Graphic Novel
Dune was a book. And then a movie. And now it’s a movie-book— a.k.a. a graphic novel. Check it out.
Just As I Am
“For six decades, Ms. Tyson has shown us who we are; vulnerable, magnificent, pain-ridden, and beautifully human. Time and time again, she has put our humanity on display, never compromising her dignity while creating a new chapter in Black history.”
The Night Shift
“There’s only one thing sneakier than criminals… teenage girls.”