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 […]

What the Best Scene in the Barbie Movie Reveals About God’s Good News

August 2, 2023.Reading time 8 minutes.

The scene in the Barbie movie that plucked at my heartstrings and that I can’t stop thinking about is a blip of dialog on a park bench. Barbie has just been cut down by a teenage girl, and—feeling hurt and sad—she sits next to an old woman. The old woman is wearing a dark green […]