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Today Is a Gift

ByThe Glorious Table October 14, 2021October 13, 2021

After a grueling season of working twelve-hour days, seven days a week, my husband’s time off finally arrived! When you work in football, you do not have the freedom to choose your vacation time, but you do get almost four glorious weeks off each summer. We had made our plans, filling these long-anticipated days with…

Contentment | Freedom | Surrender | The Christian Life | Victory in Christ

How to Be Free

ByThe Glorious Table October 12, 2021October 11, 2021

All my life I’ve run the hamster wheel of achievement and acceptance; a headstrong, type-A control freak, looking for love. As a child I earned love by working hard to fit in. At church I earned love by memorizing verses. At school I earned love by pleasing teachers. Looking back, I see a girl in…

Being Present | Contentment | The Christian Life

How to Live One Season at a Time

ByThe Glorious Table September 2, 2021August 29, 2021

One summer night, after a meal at our favorite sushi spot, my fortune cookie declared, “A great honor will be bestowed upon you in the next year.” Eight months later, I was offered an opportunity to teach at a local Christian college. By the end of that academic year, I had resigned. The job was…

Confidence | Contentment | Identity in Christ | Leadership

Cultivating God-Confidence

ByThe Glorious Table July 20, 2021July 18, 2021

When our daughter, Caroline, was born and severe health complications quickly ensued, my wife Carla and I were driven to our knees, crying out to God for healing. Amid fear and fright, we sought his peace. When we felt less than confident that the story we’d imagined for ourselves as new parents wasn’t going to…

Contentment | Encouragement | God's Faithfulness

Being Content with What We Have

ByThe Glorious Table May 28, 2021May 29, 2021

I should have known better. After teaching kindergarten for so many years, I should’ve recognized I was wandering into dangerous territory. At snack time, the kids were getting a special treat, cupcakes, but the cupcakes weren’t identical. Someone was going to be discontented. I should’ve remembered the Theorem of Cupcakes: If you have 6 chocolate…

Balance and Rest | Contentment | Faith & Trust | God's Faithfulness | Gratitude

How to Be OK When You’re in a Funk

ByThe Glorious Table March 17, 2021March 16, 2021

My favorite jeans are starting to cut into my waist in an uncomfortable way. The grocery order keeps getting delayed when we’re already out of milk. The dog has gotten into the trash again. My kids carry individual sadnesses I can’t fix for them. It’s rainy and cold. My hip aches at night sometimes. People…