Thinking With Truth - Page 2 of 2 -

Mercy Follows Me (even when I mess up again)
ByBreanna Rudolph August 7, 2025February 19, 2026

Sometimes we slip into thinking, ‘Okay, this one’s on me. I need to fix this, and I need to make up for it.’ But Psalm 23 doesn’t say mercy leads us, it says it follows us. It’s not waiting on our perfect performance. It’s not holding back until we finally get it together. It followed us all through our past, and now it walks with us in the present. God’s mercy covers what we thought disqualified us. It didn’t miss the moments we’re most ashamed of. It followed us there, right through that too. It will follow us all the way home.

Read More Mercy Follows Me (even when I mess up again)
Stop Eating the Crumbs of Human Approval
ByBreanna Rudolph June 19, 2025February 19, 2026

We’re not so very different.
We reach for a taste of validation, influence, reputation, whatever it is.
And before we know it, the door’s slammed shut and we feel stuck and really frustrated. All for that stale, probably gluten-free breadcrumb called human approval. People pleasing gives an illusion of control, and chasing acceptance feels predictable. Obedience means handing all of that control over to God, which isn’t always so comfy.

Read More Stop Eating the Crumbs of Human Approval
When You’re Undone, God Still Shows Up
ByBreanna Rudolph May 27, 2025February 19, 2026

The scandal of grace is this: God runs toward you while you’re still face down. Loves you before you lift your head. Saves you before you stand.

Read More When You’re Undone, God Still Shows Up
“Jesus” We Want vs. Jesus Who Saves
ByBreanna Rudolph May 15, 2025February 19, 2026

He is everything, except holy.
He is anything, except the real Jesus.
You made him up.

Read More “Jesus” We Want vs. Jesus Who Saves
The Most Powerful Women in the Church
ByBreanna Rudolph May 1, 2025February 20, 2026

Why is it that when a woman is told there is something she ought not to do, the outcry so often becomes, “Misogyny! Patriarchy! Hatred of women!” The issue here is not oppression. It is discontentment, and ultimately a rebellion against God’s good design. God’s design for women is not a punishment or a mark of inequality. It is an honored and beautiful calling.

Read More The Most Powerful Women in the Church
When We All Want to Throw Stones
ByBreanna Rudolph October 18, 2024February 20, 2026

On John 8: In the midst of this outrageous scandal, Jesus gently redirected their focus inward, compelling them to confront the truth of their own sanctimonious hearts.

Read More When We All Want to Throw Stones
The Bully Pulpit: On Legalism, Control, and Biblical Leadership
ByBreanna Rudolph March 2, 2024February 20, 2026

I was twelve when my family started attending a church affiliated with the Charity denomination. In this close-knit and conservative community, most have roots in the Amish and Mennonite traditions.

Read More The Bully Pulpit: On Legalism, Control, and Biblical Leadership
Rice and Beans and the Gift of Enough
ByBreanna Rudolph January 26, 2024February 19, 2026

As we reflect on the depths of the Lord’s care and His steadfast provision for our genuine needs, a shift in our perspective occurs, highlighting the abundance of the graces and blessings that are truly ours.

Read More Rice and Beans and the Gift of Enough
Kids, Capes, and the Seat of Power
ByBreanna Rudolph October 4, 2023February 19, 2026

Our kids have gigantic imaginations.
Sometimes they pretend to be something simple, like race cars as they rev their engines, zooming around with nonexistent steering wheels turning in their hands. Or they might be superheroes – tying the corners together on baby blankets for capes as they “save” the toddler from every blessed thing she wants to do.

Read More Kids, Capes, and the Seat of Power