Like me, do you find yourself gravitating toward books, articles, and podcasts to help make things better? Maybe it's time again to read about how to stop our relentless striving and rest in the grace of God.

Whether someone's criticism is constructive or not, God’s goal is always to make us more like Christ. Before jumping to our own defense, we can ask God to reveal the truth.

With God, nothing is “just” anything. Every act of kindness, faith, obedience, and love–no matter how big or small—matters in God’s economy. That’s what Jesus taught and modeled for us.

"Should I just ... throw it away?"

There comes a time when preserving our relationship with others must trump our desire to have control.

Learn from me and my self-righteous, disastrous lyric interpretations. We need to stop taking ourselves so seriously.

Rather than seeing the intent of my husband's heart, too often I focused on how his gift of help did not meet my expectations.

In the middle of our pain and brokenness, we convince ourselves that other people never experience similar feelings.