Readers ask me all the time what books I’d recommend for women who want to grow deeper with Jesus. But as an English major and lifetime reader, I have the hardest time picking just one or two. So below I’ve compiled my top 20 must-read books for Christian women today. If 20 seems unmanageable, imagine reading just one book a year. …
Are your bookshelves lined with books? Or maybe they’re not neatly lined up–they’re spilling out of the stacks you have in every corner of the house? Welcome to the club. I love books. Not only writing books, but reading books. And gifting books. And, well, getting books. A book in the mail is about the happiest happy mail I could …
“Does God want me to be happy?” That question is incredibly personal because my name means God gives me happiness. But over the years, I’ve heard countless Christians say to me, “God doesn’t care if you’re happy. He just wants you to be holy.” Have you ever heard that? Have you ever said that yourself? Why Some Christians Are Afraid of Happiness I’ve …
If you’re a visual learner, studying the Bible can be a challenge. It’s hard to picture a world that’s so different from ours, and some of the stories and metaphors simply don’t make sense to 21st-century Westerners. Sometimes, I’m a little jealous of little kid Bibles filled with cute illustrations. Okay, so maybe cartoon drawings aren’t exactly helpful in explaining …
I never wanted to get married. Growing up, I knew my parents were committed to each other, but the marriage they modeled wasn’t anything I wanted to experience in my life. So I thought I’d be a single missionary like Amy Carmichael and invest my life in the poor of the slums. Except God had other plans. (I can still …
