This is what I do for my daily Bible reading. How do you spend your time with The Lord each day?

I am an expert at parenting. I don’t say this to brag. It’s actually true. I spend my days talking with parents about their kids. I get paid to answer parents’ questions and give them the answers – some of which they want to hear, and others they don’t. As a Pediatric ER doctor, I’ve [...]

So many people have asked me the same question lately: “What are you going to do next, Lina?” It’s a logical question to ask in light of the fact that I recently resigned as the women’s ministry director at my church. I’ll also be done teaching the Genesis series this Tuesday without a clear plan for [...]

I confess. I’m addicted to it. I tell myself I’m not, but ask me not to check it for an hour, and forgetaboutit. We each have our preferred vice, and we tell ourselves many different lies as to why we still use it. Let me give you the 5 most common lies I’ve told myself [...]

Here’s a verse for today from Hebrews 11:32-34: “And what more shall I say? For time would mail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of Dvid, and Samuel and the prophets – who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the power of fire, escaped the [...]

Do you know those people who always see the positive in every single situation no matter how grim it really is? Well I’m not one of them. I’m actually one of “the others”. I spent the weekend feeling like a Grade 1 Christian Loser. First of all, I got sick. Second of all, my book [...]

Hey grab a chair and sit down for a second. I’d love to tell you what’s been going on in my life lately. Some of you have seen an ad on my church website advertising for the job of director of women’s ministry. Since you knew that to be my job, you emailed me and [...]

The hardest part about faith is that it’s for right now. It’s for this very moment you’re in right now. When you don’t see it yet. When you think it, have prayed it, and desperately hope for it, but simply see no human evidence for it. and maybe even no human possibility. Yeah. Faith is [...]

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