Present Over Perfect

voice. And you can use it.” I don’t know if I would have even believed that message ten years ago. ...

And the Soul Felt Its Worth O holy night! The stars are brightly shining It is the night of the dear Sa ...

comes down from heaven in human form, and the soul feels its worth. Because that’s what I’ve been sea ...

us was how to feel ashamed. For many years, my spiritual life was one more place to measure u ...

all the things you’ve ever wanted—whatever success means to you, or the good life, or what it looks like ...

Our souls are of fundamental importance, truly the only things besides our physical bodies that we are ...

softest, most precious part of you? What kills a soul? Exhaustion, secret keeping, image manageme ...

Bring in the Love Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you ...

Today I was craving garlic and tomatoes, so in between the scribbling of sentences, I melted several cloves of ...

anxiety, now there is a new patience, a new settledness, a new desire to be just exactly where I a ...

and I’m not great at that stuff, and there’s more that we just leave undone. But here’s the thing: I have ...

before the countdown to midnight, we sit in a circle and take turns reading lists we’ve made of the ten gre ...

and subtle beauty, instead of the volume of my life being so screechingly loud only fireworks could get m ...

sacrifice and forgiveness. It’s in dinner around the coffee table and long walks. It’s in the hand ...

we will find our way home, even if the road is winding, and full of fits and starts. We will find ...

The Journey By Mary Oliver One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept ...

as you left their voices behind, the stars began to burn through the sheets of clouds, and there was a new voi ...

Acknowledgments So much love to the Hybels and Niequist families, especially Nana Lynne and Papa Bill, U ...

MacKenzie Canlis: you all gave me the courage to change my life in ways I desperately needed. Much gratitude ...

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