by Denise Pass | Oct 17, 2026
Last week we talked about having the courage to say the hard thing.But what happens when we’re on the other side of the conversation? Someone sits across from us and says: “Can I be honest with you?” Four words that can make even the most spiritually mature...
by Denise Pass | Oct 11, 2026
There are some conversations I would rather clean a toilet than have.There. I said it. Finding the courage to have hard conversations is akin to a form of punishment. We live in an increasingly polarized society that divides us more than it unites us but we must fight...
by Denise Pass | Oct 3, 2026
“My husband loves Westerns (cue eye roll). He still doesn’t understand why Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice are superior to his shoot-’em-up classics. But since I’m trying to be sensitive (see what I did there?), I’ll borrow a Western example. In...
by Denise Pass | Sep 26, 2026
Have you ever prayed for something and then watched God seemingly give it to someone else? If we are not careful, we can interpret that loss as God’s lack of care for us. But another person’s blessing is not evidence of God’s neglect. We can celebrate what God...
by Denise Pass | Sep 20, 2026
Do you ever feel unsafe? Like no one has your back? Living in a fallen world with a 100% death rate (except for Elijah and Enoch) and a lot of evil going on in our world can make any of us feel a little unsettled. Sometimes, even though we can say we trust God, we can...