Grace. It's a funny thing, because it makes no sense. I like the saying floating around out there, "Grace is getting what you don't deserve. Mercy is not getting what you do deserve." Camp on that one a minute and tell me it's not true. If I ever get a tattoo, it might say that. (Except I'm chicken …
Your Life Is Already Beautiful
It was six years ago yesterday when I pointed my car toward home after four days at the American Christian Writers Conference in Indianapolis. And it was six years ago today that I came completely unglued on I65 just outside of Louisville, Kentucky. I knew what grace was, but it had never before …
Hitting the Wall
My mom used to run marathons. My whole life, she's been a runner... triathlons, marathons, trail runs. She always pushed herself to see how far she could go. She finds peace there, I think. And it's pretty impressive to see. When I was a kid, she ran the New York City Marathon, which was …