“We all desire to know and be known.” “I just want to be heard.” “I feel seen.” The desire to be seen, heard, and known is universal. We all want to feel significant, worthy of attention, and valid…| Great and Noble Tasks
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“What is it that keeps you from looking for God?” When I heard this question in a sermon last week, I had just seen an excellent live performance of Dear Evan Hansen a mere 12 hours before. If you’…| Great and Noble Tasks
I’ve been invited to be a guest writer at Bible Copy Club for a four-week series on Philippians! Join me there and let’s copy out this book together.| Great and Noble Tasks
When I saw that two "Screwtape for women" books had recently been published, I knew right away that I needed to compare them. So I read them back to back.| Great and Noble Tasks
Almost seven years ago, I began a new way of spending time in the Word: I started copying out Scripture by hand. I can honestly say that Scripture writing has completely transformed my daily Bible …| Great and Noble Tasks
“I’ll be sixty in a couple of months.” At the present time, I can say this casually and effortlessly, without cringing, whispering, or grimacing. It was not always this way.| Great and Noble Tasks
There were some days, back when I had several small children, that I truly wondered if I was going to make it through. Then my mother-in-law would say to me in her calm, gentle, non-judgmental way,…| Great and Noble Tasks
These biographies have similar titles, similar covers, and were published right around the same time. Vaughn’s is officially the authorized biography, but in my mind, Austen’s is the definitive one…| Great and Noble Tasks
None of us will escape trouble of varying degrees in our lives. At some point, and more than once, it’s going to strike. What you sow now matters.| Great and Noble Tasks
The gothic fiction that I like most focuses on the suspense, the setting, the often-twisty plot, and the uncertainty or instability of the circumstances or characters. The books below are classics …| Great and Noble Tasks
A few years ago, I went to a museum exhibit and did something I’ve never done before or since in an art museum: I stood in front of a painting and cried. The exhibit featured the paintings of 19th-century French artist Jean-François Millet, but it also included paintings by artists who were influenced by Millet—the… Continue reading At the Intersection of Art and Faith| Great and Noble Tasks
I was nearly 30 before I ever went to a funeral. I was 27 when I first held a baby (a coworker’s niece), and well into my 20s before ever attending a wedding or any kind of shower. It took marrying…| Great and Noble Tasks
Tips on making the transition when you’re considering public school We’re an 85.9% homeschool family (I did the math). We started out intending to be a 100% homeschool family, and in my heart I’m a…| Great and Noble Tasks
I love hearing Christian testimonies because I’m fascinated by the many ways that God works in the lives of very different people. I was a Christian for many years before ever fully describing to a…| Great and Noble Tasks
By the time I was ten, I had had three earthly fathers. The first father was the absent one, my biological father. My parents divorced in a storm of anger and legal drama when I was just a few mont…| Great and Noble Tasks
In one of the most famous first lines in literature, Leo Tolstoy boldly states, “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Now, I haven’t read Anna …| Great and Noble Tasks
Statistically, my life ought to be a serious mess right about now. It’s true that much of my ’70s and ’80s childhood was a fairly typical American suburban experience. But there was a lot going on …| Great and Noble Tasks
So before you, my Christian friend, say, “My kid would never…”, let me say to you that oh, yes, they most certainly might. The good news is that as a Christian, you are uniquely in a position to pr…| Great and Noble Tasks
You’ve done all the right things. You took your child to church from birth, sending them to Sunday school, VBS, and children’s worship. You gave them kids’ devotionals for Christmas and answered al…| Great and Noble Tasks
I didn’t like turning fifty. Turning thirty didn’t bother me at all. Turning forty I barely remember because I was so busy with young children, work, homeschooling, and church. But turning fifty wa…| Great and Noble Tasks
Have you ever thought to yourself, “I wonder how many mammals go through menopause?” I certainly hadn’t—up until last week. It turns out that only a handful of mammals are known to experience menop…| Great and Noble Tasks
