| Lori Stanley Roeleveld . . . Disturber of Hobbits, Blogger, Coach, Jesus-follower. Making comfortable Christians continually late for dinner. We are at risk of losing heart

We are those who refuse to skim across the surface of faith. I write for all of us who have been unsettled from comfortable places and moved to follow Jesus into the adventure of our times. I, like you, seek the courage and confidence to carry on for Christ. When I find it, I share it here.—Heb. 10:39

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When It’s Easier Just to Fail

There are many ways to fail this side of glory. Moral failure. Financial failure. Career. Marital. Parenting. Friendship. Worst of all is heart failure. Not a sudden cardiac arrest of the soul but that gradual dulling of spiritual passion or zeal that tempts us all at one time or another. At the end of the day, failure isn’t that hard. It’s simply a matter of releasing our grip on whatever we were clutching and sliding, sliding away until it’s just plain out of reach. We do it with relationships that become complicated. With friends who insist on telling us hard… Read More