If you know me, you know that food and I have a very weird relationship. Let me clarify. I LOVE FOOD. But not all food loves me back. Just before my senior year of high school, I found out that me and gluten do not get along. So no more donuts for Lauren. I also [...]
About a month ago, I heard whispers of a conference that the ERLC and TGC (Ethics and Religious Liberties Commission and The Gospel Coalition) would be putting on in remembrance of Martin Luther King Junior's passing half a century ago this month. The conference would address our continuing problem of disunity in the church among [...]
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal." Matthew 6:19-20 Baring any crazy circumstances or intervention from God, Austin and I will close [...]
Studying the Bible. It is something we all know we should be doing because of God's commands and straight up conviction. It is also something that we are really good at making excuses for. From the new Christian to the old soul who grew up in church to the seminary student, digging into the Bible [...]
If you are anything like me, cleaning isn't your favorite way to spend the weekend, but a clean home is your favorite place to be. The catch 22 is real. But spring is upon us which means that we are all reminded of the need to reorganize and degrossify (de-gross-ify--it's totally a word) our lives. [...]
We have all been there: someone we barely know adds us into a group or comes knocking on our door or invites us to a party to sell a product we didn't need twenty minutes ago and don't think we need now. To say that Direct Sales has gotten a bad rap is a vast [...]
A few weeks ago, I was serving in the children's ministry at my church. It didn't take long for the kids to get bored with playing with the toys they brought and start asking to pull out the play dough. I was low-key pumped. As we pulled out the different colors and the plethora of [...]
