The Bare-Faced Truth: A Lenten Experiment With Makeup and Faith

February 7, 2024.Reading time 9 minutes.

I’m not saying that my decision to put on makeup earlier that morning caused the car accident on the I-5, but as I inched along in traffic, the two events grew more connected. I was on my way to a large speaking event at a church in Orange County. When they’d reached out a few […]

Which Spiritual Practice Do You Need for Lent? (Take the Quiz!)

February 9, 2023.Reading time 11 minutes.

Last year was my first time observing Lent by “giving something up.” Throughout the years, I was vaguely aware that Christians from other denominations participated in some sort of fasting during the 40 days that led up to Easter. I always thought this was strange and unnecessarily hard: why wouldn’t everyone just skip to the […]