Live boldly. Speak truthfully. Stand firm.

A friend of mine recently engaged with a popular Christian and conservative commentator. She respectfully disagreed. The response she received? She was called stupid. My friend is not stupid. She and I may not see things the same way, but she is someone I deeply respect and have for years. She is thoughtful, intelligent, funny, kind and faithful. And yet, she dared to voice a different perspective, expressing the need for empathy, and she was dismissed with a single, demeanin

Somewhere along the way, empathy became the gold standard of Christian womanhood. We're told, nay, commanded to be empathetic. To feel deeply. To sit in the pain with others. To nod and cry and understand. Afterall, a true Christian has empathy and if you don't, then perhaps you are not a real Christian. So we do-we feel everything. We absorb the emotions of everyone around us until we're exhausted, depleted and wondering why our "godly" sensitivity leaves us so empty. Here i

If you've been online at all lately, you've probably felt it-the tension, the anger, the lines being drawn. Recent events in Minneapolis involving ICE enforcement have sparked intense reactions across the country. A woman was killed. Protests erupted. Politicians weighed in. And depending on which news source you read or who you follow on social media, you've likely seen two completely different stories about what happened and who's to blame. I'm not here to tell you which na