“Be an encourager. The world has plenty of critics already.” ~Dave Willis I’m an encourager. It’s just what I do. I don’t have to conjure up uplifting words to share–they come naturally. Because encouragement comes easily to me, I’ve never thought it was a big deal. I’ve taken spiritual gifts assessments multiple times, and each…
I don’t generally feel like I have big needs. My family is healthy, we have a lovely home, and I run to the grocery store on a regular basis. We have, for the most part, everything we need. And yet there are days I feel that emptiness, that something that I need, and it is…
For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. (John 1:16 ESV) My four-year-old daughter adores all things sparkly. Like her mama, jewels catch her eye and awaken her senses. Any chance she has, she will reach for my jewelry, carefully adorn her body, and twirl around like the beautiful princess she is….
Life can present sharp turns, leaving us to wonder what might happen next. We face high mountaintops and deep valleys, or perhaps we find ourselves looking straight into a black hole, feeling nothing but loneliness. I felt that. I feel that. I found myself reaching for my Bible in the loneliest moment of most recent…
The Glorious Table is thrilled to welcome Annie F. Downs today. Annie is the author of Let’s All Be Brave (Zondervan, 2015) and Looking for Lovely (B&H, 2016). We were never meant for a wimpy life. Now don’t hear me saying we weren’t meant for a simple life or a stay-at-home life or a famous…
The small town I grew up in is home to Cathedral Caverns, a natural wonder. The cave invites me to explore with an expansive entrance, the largest among commercial caves. A walk down the one-mile path reveals many feats of nature, including “Goliath,” the world’s largest stalagmite. At the end of that one-mile walk, a…