The flags we fly
Have you noticed how Americans love their flags? Yes, we love our Flag, but we also seem to love flying flags of all types to show our allegiance or communicate a message. Every June, we see Pride flags pop up. Then every fall of every even year— and often long before— yards are littered with…
Read MoreThe lifelong journey of discipleship
Discipleship is not a “once and done” decision but a lifelong journey, by one degree of glory to another, as we become more and more fully conformed to the character and ways of Christ. You can think of it as a lifelong process of transformation, a journey from the person you were (dead in your…
Read MoreSpotlight Interview: Ted Bryant shares The Jesus Method for Tough Conversations
Are you ever intimidated or you just want to clam up and run away from sticky conversations? Or maybe even not tell the whole truth in the midst of the pressurized conversations of the day? You don’t want to offend anybody, but you also want to engage as a Christian in these conversations. What we…
Read MoreMornings with Carmen Playlist: Media Diet
From social media, to nightly cable news, to the breaking news emails in our inboxes— your media diet is shaping you, forming you and even discipling you. But to what end? This summer, evaluate how what you read, watch and listen to is influencing you, for good or ill. This Mornings with Carmen playlist will…
Read MoreMorbid Curiosity (and Speaking of Eternity)
“Lord, remind me how brief my time on earth will be. Remind me that my days are numbered-how fleeting my life is.” – Psalm 39:4 Morbid curiosity: who is going to bury you? Who is going to care for your body, tell your story, and rise up to call you blessed? Who is going to…
Read MoreSpotlight Interview: Dan Dewitt and the Chronicles of Cancer
Dan Dewitt is a good friend of the show, a writer and the director of the Center for Worldview and Culture at Southwest Baptist University. He is the writer and artist responsible for theolatte.com. He joined Mornings with Carmen to talk about a recent post on the Chronicles of cancer in the life of CS…
Read MoreCarmen’s Commencement Address
Dear graduates, faculty, family, and friends, As we gather today to celebrate your remarkable journey to this point along life’s path, you feel as if you have arrived and yet, in reality you are just now beginning! You will hear it described as beginning a new chapter or standing at a threshold or even that…
Read MoreOn the TIME 100 List: Who is influencing you?
A look at TIME’s list of the most influential people of 2024 and how we understand influence TIME recently published its list of most influential people of 2024. And, perhaps unsurprisingly, I do not recognize most of the names on their list. But the sobering reality is these individuals are having an influence right now—…
Read MoreSpotlight Interview with Gary Kendall: How an App can Help You Love Your Neighbors Better
How well do you know your neighbors? Do you know them by name? Pray for them by name? If you have ever wondered, How can I know who lives in these houses on these streets I’m driving down and how can I pray for them by name? Well, there’s an app for that! The Bless…
Read MoreLet nothing eclipse the True Light
It happened! And I saw it! On April 8, 2024 the moon passed before the sun, the temperature dropped, the wind shifted. We protected our eyes and we stood amazed with millions of our neighbors— all eyes looking at one specific spot in the sky. Darkness arrived at mid day and so did the goose-bumps! …
Read MoreA Prayer for Palm Sunday: Turn our Eyes to Jesus
This is an excerpt from the free new resource, Our Certain Hope: Prayers for Lent and Easter. Receive the full prayer book through Carmen’s monthly newsletter, Keeping up with Carmen. “Hosanna! Hosanna in the highest!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord, Hosanna in the Highest!” O Lord, how the people in…
Read MoreMornings with Carmen Playlist: Politics
This playlist of Mornings with Carmen episodes helps us think rightly and speak wisely on politics— because no matter who is in the White House, we are each called to speak and act in ways that re-present Christ and honor Him. We can engage in the hard and complex topics without losing our witness. –…
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