by Kristen Lunceford | Feb 27, 2016 | Faith
I needed a summer job. She was planning to be a lifeguard. It sounded perfect, the two of us up there on that tower, getting tan and getting paid, red buoys announcing that we mattered. If she could ascend that ladder, then surely I could, too. Passing the written...
by Kristen Lunceford | Feb 10, 2016 | Book Recommendations
It’s been a wonky, exhausting month or so of leading and working and parenting and all the other “ings.” That said, I’m tired of taking myself so seriously and just want to talk about books, okay? Fiction A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman...
by Kristen Lunceford | Feb 4, 2016 | Church Planting, Faith
God, you’ve done it again. You’ve set the table, straightened the chairs, and bid us come. Plain is your beauty before us. We are utterly unworthy of this invitation, and yet here we see our names, and our seats, and our sisters. You’ve been expecting us. All of us,...
by Kristen Lunceford | Jan 22, 2016 | Faith
I will always remember 2015 as the year of the horse. That died. Twice. Time of death? When God moved on. ** Of all the beautiful, challenging words spoken at IF:Gathering 2015 last February, these seven from Christine Caine settled heaviest on my heart: “Sweetheart,...
by Kristen Lunceford | Nov 23, 2015 | Book Recommendations
I don’t know if this makes me crazy or smart, but one reason I read so many books is to make this very week of the year so much easier. I know which books I want to give people, I know which ones I want to ask for, and I know right where to look to hook my...
