Super-duper excited today, friends, for a number of reasons: 1.) This is one of the easiest blog posts I’ve ever written. BECAUSE I DIDN’T WRITE IT. 2.) Jen Hatmaker, one of my heroes for a plethora of reasons (her love for the poor & Jesus, her writing prowess, & her HILARITY to name three), is guest posting today, and I’m just giddy over it. And 3.) I just know I can count on y’all to …

Holy cow. We’re on Chapter 7 already?? Time flies when you’re tackling one area of excess per week instead of per month, eh? Why the long face?? Did you think this was our last week together?? Oh, no, no! We’re coming back next Tuesday to share all the amazing stuff we learned. To PROCESS. Maybe we should give away some PRIZES. Although we’re trying to get rid of stuff, not accumulate more, right? I know! …

I hate to be largely absent from this week’s discussion (again), but, alas, life doth not stop for read-a-longs. A big ol’ bunch of my grandma’s descendants are gathering today to celebrate her 91 years of life on this earth and rejoicing that she’s hanging out with Jesus now, just like she was born to do. She and Grandpa made some really great babies (and grandbabies and great-grandbabies), and out of their 100 descendants, there’s …

Two or three years ago (ish), this chapter would’ve made little to no impact on me. A complete “waste” of my time, if you will. I could’ve written these words from p. 118: Does “creation” have anything to do with God whom I call “Creator”? Oh, pish posh. Surely God isn’t worried about how we handle His creation that He created. His main concern is making His followers happy and prosperous, yes? And if we …

Before I take up one more line of text, I just want to say a big ol’ THANK YOU to each one of you who has faithfully (or semi-faithfully) commented/blogged during the read-along. I know it’s not easy to stick with when there are a zillion things yanking for your attention. Believe me, I know. Family issues. Racial reconciliation and justice stuff. Self-employment taxes (the bane of my existence right now). Yeah. Anyway. So, thank …