Faith, spiritual practices and living out conviction with kindness.
Sharpening isn’t just about offering correction — it’s about two people leaning in with humility, creating a rarefied space where God’s grace refines both lives. Without that mutual engagement, we’re not sharpening at all…we’re just swinging in the wind.
Christine Westhoff’s About the Voice of God invites you to slow down, quiet the noise, and rediscover the sacred art of hearing Him. Through heartfelt stories and practical insights, this book offers a tender yet powerful call to embrace silence, listen with your whole being, and live in loving awareness of God’s presence.
The most powerful person in the room isn’t the one with the title—it’s the one who shapes the conversation and wins quiet agreement. Power demands action, but only influence moves hearts and creates lasting change. Ready to see why influence beats authority every time? Keep reading.
The conference room was silent, but the tension was thick enough to touch. Months of planning, investment, and due diligence had led to this moment—then, the day before signing, I got the call. Our handpicked management team had changed their minds and was returning to their former employer. Contracts broken, relationships strained, millions seemingly lost. I stood at a crossroads: business logic said sue, but my faith said something entirely different. What happened next changed everything I thought I knew about leadership.
We’ve turned soapboxes into stages. Boxes meant to hold what helps us get clean now hold us—standing taller, shouting louder, and pushing people farther away. The louder we perform what we’re against, the less reachable we become to the very people we hope will listen.
God’s hate invites us to a quiet paradox—a love that refuses to let go of what it was made to protect. In the stillness of that tension, we find a holy heartbreak woven through the fabric of relationship.
What it means to be a convictional Christian: organizing your whole life around a biblical worldview, and why that conviction matters today.
Guest blogger Preston Sprinkle examines the pros and cons of the Nashville Statement, a prominent evangelical declaration on sexuality and gender. While affirming its commitment to historic Christian teaching on marriage, Sprinkle critiques the statement’s impersonal tone, outdated language, and lack of relational grace—arguing that such documents often fail to address the real, relational reasons LGBT+ people feel isolated or rejected by the church, and calling for a more compassionate, conversation-driven approach.
Why Christians should be shaped more by their mission than by national, political or church identity, and think like a convictional minority.
Five Christian catchphrases, from “love the sinner, hate the sin” to political slogans, that get in the way of honest, mission-minded conversations.
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