Tedder's Blog

Because I can say it no better than he, I share from John Eldrigdge’s book, Defiant Joy: “The world does become too complicated, too overwhelming, too filled with pain so much of the time. As children, we don’t have the capacity to make sense of it, let alone process it. If our lives become too […]

When life feels heavy, it’s tempting to turn to anything that makes the pain quieter—social media, binge-watching, scrolling, busywork. These distractions promise relief but only leave the heart hollow and the soul tired. True rest comes from leaning into God. Leaning on Him isn’t about having all the answers. It’s about turning your eyes upward […]

My last guest asked me if I had ever told my own story on this podcast. It occurred to me that I had not. This is my story. It begins in 1964 in a tiny house on Deleware Lane. My father began r*ping me when I was three and the last time he r*ped me […]

The early months of pregnancy can feel like suffering in disguise. Nausea, exhaustion, fear, and the quiet weight of the unknown strip you down body and soul until you wonder how you’ll keep going. Yet even in that weakness, God is doing His hidden work. The very struggle that empties you is the same struggle […]

Why do we stay so selfish and miss the calling to stand up for children. If you are so dull and unmoved as to not see what is happening to the millions of children who are being abused, let me tell you the statitics. One in six males are sexually assaulted before their 18th birthday. […]

There are certain truths built into the fabric of the world. In Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis begins his book by exploring the “law of human nature.” He shared “right and wrong as a clue to the meaning of the universe.” We all like to think we’re “good,” but doesn’t good need to be defined? I […]

What if Jesus were sitting with you at your morning table, asking you for a cup of coffee. What would you say to him? What would he say to you? This is just what Jesus is waiting to do in your life – sit beside you and chat. Prayer so often looks like dialing heaven, […]

Introspection — what better way to start a week. I think this is an interesting question. How do we know what secrets are buried in our heart? Is it pain? Is it mayhem? What stirs beneath my actions? What makes me choose one way or another? What is under my fear? These are the secrets […]

Hard times are not wasted times. When life closes in, when trials feel relentless, it is not simply suffering for suffering’s sake. God uses the fire to sanctify—to set us apart, to refine, to strip away what is weak and temporary so that what is eternal and unshakable remains. Sanctification is not comfort. It is […]

On the discussion of fear, do you fear love? “To love at all is to be vulberable.” C.S. Lewis Do you allow a love that is vulnerable? Do you allow yourself to feel a love that exposes you — soft, unguarded, and without control? So, I ask you again, do you live in a world […]