*Guest post series on discipleship from my husband, Richard Grangaard. You can check out part 1 here!* I am an extremely visual person. If I don’t see it, it typically doesn’t exist to me. That’s why clutter in the eyes of my wife may in fact make perfect sense in my mind. Taping words to our […]
Give money away?! Really? That’s the best way to see more income? Before you run away in horror, just read one more paragraph (okay, two): The universe runs according to laws. The law of gravity. The law of cause and effect. The law of thermodynamics. Whether you believe in these laws or not, doesn’t matter. […]
I’m reading this amazing little book written at the turn of the century. David Wilkerson discovered it and re-published it. The title is God’s Cure for Worry. One line really caught my attention today. I think it was a Holy Spirit moment: “Do not worry about worrying.” I cannot make myself worry less by trying […]
*Guest post from my husband Richard Grangaard!* “Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them He said: ‘If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple. And whoever does not carry their cross and […]
If Moses were alive today, he might possibly be some type of hipster activist. He was a go-getter. He cared about injustice, and he was willing to do something about it, put his neck on the line. The Egyptians were cruelly oppressing his people, the Israelites, so Moses stepped in and defended one of his […]
One of my favorite ways to share statistics with people about the state of the world is to use the “If the World Were a Village of 100 People” analogy. It was first created in 1990 by Donella Meadows. Basically, it takes some of the world’s most recognized statistics and breaks them down into […]
When is ambition okay? Can I want more and still be content? Is wanting to excel in life just pride? In this post, we’ll address all of these questions. Godly Drive (Ambition): Joseph (Genesis 37 onwards) was the 12th brother in line for the family blessing. He had no chance of sizing up to his […]
We all know that we should have godly discontent towards ungodly things. We should feel a drive to see poverty end, to see orphans adopted, to see corruption uprooted from political systems. We should want our lives to count for something. It’s okay to want to do more and to want to be more. We were made for Eden. We were […]
Discontent. Drivenness. Complaint. These are usually negative words. And rightfully so. But sometimes these words get a bad rap, especially in Christian circles. I recently wrote a post about the advantage of living with God’s vision. A reader commented that the line between growth and contentment can be blurry. I thought it was a very insightful […]
