On November 10, 2015, a violent home invasion took the lives of my wife Amanda and our unborn child. Amanda and I had followed God’s call to plant a...
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His Pursuit Always Has Purpose
I remember one of the first children’s Christian hymns I ever learned in Sunday school. Maybe you know it, too. It goes like this: Jesus loves me,...
I Love Breakups!
I read a quote the other day that said, “What if the Lord allows us to experience human failure in heartbreak so that we can better understand His...
3 Things to Know Before Marriage
If you’re like us, at some point in your life, you wish you could go back in time and have a re-do at something you completely flopped in with your...
Don’t Stop Believing
Have you stopped believing that God could do it? Well, you’re certainly not alone. I recently just moved out of my dream apartment and I am still in...
Extending an Invite This Season
If we were sitting together right now, you would see me admiring the cheap Christmas decorations I just bought from 5 Below to decorate my apartment...
The Best of You: Boundaries and The Spectrum of Toxicity
As you consider your relationships, recognize that healthy behavior and toxicity exist on a spectrum. Very few people are totally toxic, and no one...
A Content Heart Starts in Singleness
For the majority of college, I was single. And I’ll be the first to admit that I wasn’t always patient during singleness. I was the one in the...
Our Best Advice: Relationships, Community & Marriage
As we recently shared the first Sisters and Friends episode of the year, I figured it was only fitting to share it with you here on the blog! My mom...
Becoming a Family
It’s been long said that expectation is the enemy of joy. That should be the mantra of your blended family, especially in the critical first year or...
Finding Joy in Your Relationships
Have you ever stopped and asked yourself, Why do my relationships bring me more stress than joy? Why do I keep repeating the same unhealthy...
WTG: Our Best Couples Advice
What’s up, friend! I’m so excited to share this Sisters + Friends episode with you! This one features some of mine and Christian’s best friends,...
God knows what’s best for me
Advice we can all learn from
Preparing More for Your Marriage Than Your Wedding
Advice we can all learn from
Baptized on a Monday
Advice we can all learn from
#couplegoals?
Advice we can all learn from
Tackling the DMs
Advice we can all learn from
How to Survive Christmas as a Single Girl
Advice we can all learn from
Confidence In College: Dating
Nothing ever satisfies until we realize we’re beautiful on the inside.
The Heart Of Valentine’s Day
The heart of Valentine’s day is not relationships, but that the heart of
Valentine’s day is love itself.
Finding Jesus In the Discouragement
Seek the Lord’s timing and purpose over your own.
The Gift of Celebration
Our God is always about the business of bringing beauty out of the ashes!
In the Meantime…
Seek the Lord’s timing and purpose over your own.
What Does It Mean To Be Content?
Learn to let the Lord complete you.
The Perfect Mother
GIVE GRACE. RECEIVE GRACE. BECOME A CHAMPION OF OTHERS.
Dear Hopeless Heart
Dear Hopeless Heart, dare to hope again.
Even a bad day can become a good bad day.
Why, God?
Time does not heal, Jesus heals.
By Love For Love
Your future is secure because of love.
Soak up all the wisdom from Pastor Levi Lusko!
What’s That You Say?
Sharing an exclusive chapter from my book, “LIVE”!
Marry a Man Who Will Worship With You
Praise Him in the darkness, so you can dance at the break of dawn.
A Father’s Love
You have a heavenly Father who LOVES you more than you could ever imagine.
How I Prepared for My Wedding Day
Celebration can only happen if you’re ready to step into it.
A Weight You Can’t Bare
You are only human, and that is okay.
The Wedding
Read all the details of Sadie and Christian’s magical weekend!
Letters to Sadie: Christian Huff
“When I look back at every memory, I only see you.”
Letters to Sadie: Korie Robertson
“He knew all along the things He was preparing you for. Including this moment.”
Letters to Sadie: 2 mama
2-mama’s heartfelt letter to the bride-to-be!
Letters to Sadie: Mamaw Jo
Read Mamaw Jo’s wedding letter to Sadie!
Letters to Sadie: Katelyn Taylor
Partnering with someone you love is a true gift in life.
The Discipline of Celebration
Learn how to celebration others wholeheartedly.
Ben and Jess//Couples Q&A!
We’re asking Ben and Jess all the ins and outs of their relationship and how they stay grounded!
Jesus and the Bachelor…an Unlikely Duo
The Bachelor’s Heather shares how God used the show to shape her life!
Love. Relationship. Redemption.
God defined love once and for all.
Balancing Relationship and Career
Learn how to love your person AND love what you do!
What a Real Relationship Looks Like
Safe relationships are real relationships.
Clarity
Read the secret to healthy relationships!
Our Engagement: His Story
Clayton shares from his perspective how God brought all things together for his proposal to Laney.
Our Engagement: Her Story
Everyones friend Laney is sharing her engagement story with all the beautiful details of God’s timing.
Making Big Decisions
Live in freedom by trusting God with the big decisions of your life.
How To: Chase Your Dreams
Learn from these hilarious and inspiring sisters on how to chase your dreams.
Bounce Back
Bouncing back takes courage and humility, but our relationships depend on these defining moments.
Our Engagement Day
Read about Christian and Sadie’s unforgettable engagement day!
The Best You
Give your loved ones the very best you have to offer!
Single, Dating, Engaged, Married
We’re answering YOUR biggest relationship questions!
I Am Redeemed
God has a good design for intimacy. Friend, you are redeemed.
Beauty Resurrected
In our weakness, God will prove to be abundantly stronger for us.
Step Into His Shine
When we fix our eyes on Jesus, our lives will begin to shine.
Breaking Up With Tired and Busy
Burnout is a real thing friends and today we are sharing a few pointers to help you kick off a journey of healing, rest, and strength.
Locker Room Talk
Bella Robertson shares a powerful message on body image and positivity. Next time you are in the locker room and tempted to say something negative about your body, bite your tongue.
What Is Love?
There is so much beauty in love. Jesus’ love is always kind, ever restoring. With Him, we have a ‘no matter what’ kind of love.
Singled Out
Season of singleness can be full of sweet moments with the Lord. Christa Smith shares the loved from her heavenly Father that she experienced then. When, and if, the Lord decides to bring you that person, you’ll be so grateful that you waited and didn’t settle along the way—even when it would have been easy to do so.
Striving for Love
Courtney from Team Live Original talks about pushing against the need to strive in this world because we belong to this world. We belong to Jesus. We don’t have to carry the burden of striving for love any longer, because Jesus already took care of that. You’re adopted to the kingdom.
Why You Should Treat Your Marriage Like A Garden
Marriage, choices and love are written all over her story. Brittany Price-Brooker reminds us that we all have choices to cultivate something beautiful in our lives.
No Fear In Love
So many of us settle for being loved instead of known, but there is so much that we are missing out on when we stay in our head rather than open up our heart.
I Didn’t Find Love With My Head Over a Toilet
The journey of self-love and acceptance does not start by being able to look in the mirror and say a nice thing about yourself and believe you are pretty, although, I hope you can do that too! It starts with shifting your eyes off yourself and onto to the greatness of who God is, and what He thinks of you.
Agape Love
But the more I choose Him, the more I choose His ways, the more I seek His smile and embrace throughout my every day, the more I choose to live to love Him, the more I realize that I no longer house a wave of emotions.
Love is Selfless
Sacrifice is key. If you’re not sacrificing anything, even something as simple as your time, you have to ask yourself whether or not it’s really an act of love. Because remember, Jesus is our example.
Let Love In
No, sweet friend, His love isn’t like the others you’ve known. He wants you just as you are, today. Brokenness and all. Anger and all. Emptiness and all. He will fix the broken. He will give you joy
Be Brave and Wait
Maybe God meant for us to embrace our whole lives like we embrace Railroad rollercoasters, firework shows and Adventureland—brave, courageous, bold, aware, expecting, curious, with other people, and…. PATIENTLY.
Greatest Love Story
The greatest gift we will ever receive is life. This was only made possible by Jesus.
Don’t Withhold Love
Withholding love is withholding Jesus. It’s possible to show love to those who are different from us without compromising core convictions. You want people to see Jesus when they see you, even when you oppose their thoughts or ideals.
Just Say No
Let’s shift our focus from pleasing people, to obeying God’s leadership, and He will undoubtedly give us the opportunity to serve people. When we’re free to serve people, instead of striving to please them, we will find ourselves bringing joy to others. Joy transcends happiness. It doesn’t waiver based on circumstances. That’s something that’s worth saying yes to.
You Are His
Before anything else you’ve ever been, you were His. You are not what you do, or what you’ve done. You are not the model, the dancer, the singer, the actor, the speaker, the brains, the athlete or the muscles that come along with that. Although it’s easy to find temporary confidence in these things because they’re all things the world has a tendency to hold highly and admire, these things will never truly satisfy our soul or fulfill our purpose.
Seasons
Nothing can keep me from the love of Jesus. No reminder of past pain. No flashback of past losses. No threat from Satan. No thought of how unworthiness. God is teaching me to let go and let love in. To be loved is to receive freedom.
You Are Wanted
He sees you as you are, everything – past, present and future, and wants you. And not only does He want you, but He has given everything up to have you. He is calling your name. He is holding His arms open to you, eyes on you, heart beating for you.
A Wondrous Pursuit
Make God the center of your life—around which you choose to revolve, the point on which you build everything else.
We Are All Lovesick
God doesn’t want to take away our joy; He wants to give us more of it. He doesn’t want to take away our sexual desire; He wants to give us the context in which it works the best. God doesn’t want us to hate romance; He wants to introduce us to the greatest love story of all time.
Love is Oxygen
The perfect Savior wanted to spend time with imperfect people, and he did this knowing he’d be there to witness firsthand their struggles and misfortunes.
Love Intentionally
There are principles and truths from God’s Word that will keep us from so much of the unnecessary pain that can come from our culture’s casual, and often flippant idea of what dating, relationships and love should be.
Don’t Play the Field
So here’s a new game plan. Instead of focusing and fixating on finding “the right one,” channel your energy into being “the right one”. As Matthew wrote, “Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you” (Matthew 6:33).
There Is No Such Thing as the One
The Bible’s message to us on this issue is clear – don’t try to find the one, work on yourself to become the one. Because how we live today, and what we believe today, will certainly affect our tomorrow.
A Passionate Pursuit
I have noticed that the word passion has a new meaning in my life. It is a passion that is pure, and it is the very thing that fuels me to press past the feelings that rise up and make me fear the future.