When You Feel Invisible
I was standing in the foyer of a massive megachurch, watching everyone else do what I couldn't figure out how to do. Eve...
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Divisive Love
"I appreciate what you're doing, but I can't get involved. I hope you understand." I did understand. Our family had two...
LoveI Just Couldn't See It
"For five months I've perceived you as being arrogant to me. So I've been praying for you every day and trying to start...
FaithDoorDash Jesus
For ten years after college, I worked as a campus minister. So, my income depended on the sacrificial giving of others....
Anxiety & WorryWhen Leaders Lie
On December 3, 2017, Ravi Zacharias published a series of audacious lies in Christianity Today to avoid accountability f...
Church HurtThe King Who Ran Away
"Thank you Heavenly Father...to allow us to send a message to all the tyrants, the communists, and the globalists that t...
Following JesusThe Life We Are Dying to Kill
I once got incredibly angry at one of my roommates because he wrote a blog with what I considered bad theology. I felt I...
GraceReflect: Come and See
FaithThe End of the VIP Room
One of the perks of working at RZIM was access to the Green Room. When we hosted packed events at our headquarters, it f...
GraceHoliness Happens When We Stop Hiding
I was twenty-four, running through a park near Waynoka Avenue in Memphis. Mile two, maybe three. The cold air burned my...
CommunityThe Friend Who Brought You
Sitting in the library at the University of Aberdeen, I argued with an atheist for seven hours. By the end of the day, I...
CommunityWhen the Room Makes Truth Unthinkable
I was on a global Skype call with RZIM's senior leaders and Ravi Zacharias himself—the famous apologist whose ministry w...
CourageBetween The Door and The Rooster
My friends kept inviting me to hang out with them and Sam. They were patient and kind with him, whether he was depressed...
LovePrayers That Bounce
At Thanksgiving, we gathered in the kitchen, joined hands, bowed our heads, and prayed. But I wondered, "What's the poin...
PrayerWho Is Blind?
"This is the first time I've been able to sing a worship song since my pastor abused me." I didn't know what to say. As...
HealingWhy Spiritual Growth Feels So Slow
After I got married, I realized that I was not nearly as spiritually mature as I had believed. One night, I paced around...
CommunityWhen Outsiders Get It First
"I just called everyone on my phone and told them about Jesus." I was stunned. I didn't even know she was a Christian....
Sharing FaithConvenient Amnesia
A best-selling apologist called me to talk about Ravi. He agreed that Ravi was a liar, a bully, and a predator. Then he...
CourageThe God Who Flips Tables
The story about Jesus flipping tables is awkward. It's used both to rationalize posting rage bait online and to attack J...
JusticeTrue Friends Might Wound Us
When I was fifteen, my grandfather asked if he could talk with me for a moment. I could tell from the tone of his voice...
CourageWhen Disappointment Is Doubt
If any organization should have represented God well, it was Ravi Zacharias International Ministries. I worked there. I...
Doubt & QuestionsThe Debt You Could Never Repay
I was at Crunch, on the second rep of my bicep curls, and without warning, I nearly dropped the weights. "I just want to...
ForgivenessThe Unlikely Disciple
The discolored, funky-smelling jerseys made middle school P.E. bad enough. But the worst part was when teams were picked...
CourageNot Their Call
"Titus 3:10. No reply needed." When I read her email, I gasped. I knew how to decode this message from an important lead...
Church HurtLooking for something we don't have?