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I Didn’t Love 2016 (And It’s Okay if You Didn’t Either)
Seeing social media feeds flooded with people’s memories from 2016, I scrolled through my phone’s camera roll in search of my own. Interestingly, there were none to be found. While it contains memories of 2015, my first year of marriage, and 2017 and beyond, 2016 is nonexistent. Perhaps it’s a storage or some other technological…
How A Public High School Visit Pointed Me to Hope
I am a mom who homeschools, yet a recent Thursday morning found me not instructing my own children, but walking the halls of a local public high school. As a youth ministry leader, my husband recently began volunteering with Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA). This organization utilizes middle school and high school sports as a…
3 Myths About Christian Happiness
Myth #1 – God Doesn’t Care About Your Happiness “God doesn’t care about your happiness; He cares about your holiness.” Like me, you may have heard this sternly preached a time or two. I assumed it to be true since it’s in opposition to the prosperity gospel, which falsely claims that God’s main priorities are…
School Choice: A Cause for Worship, Not War
Considering school choice, I made up my mind years ago about the type of education I wanted for my children. I’ve desired to homeschool since before I had kids. For years, I felt like I had to have a biblically compelling reason for my choice. There are multiple factors my husband and I considered regarding…
Maybe It’s Mercy
As I turned the corner on our street to leave our neighborhood, my mind took a walk down Memory Lane. I remember feeling humiliated as a child by the used cars my family owned. One was a blue Chevrolet that was older than I was. There was nothing aesthetically appealing about it, yet it worked…
4 Spiritual Observations from the Titan Tragedy
My husband and I recently watched the Netflix documentary, Titan: The Oceangate Submersible Disaster. I remember when the Titan took its deadly descent two years ago. As the world waited with titanic trepidation to see if its passengers would survive, I begged God to spare their lives, and grieved their tragic deaths. Before we hit play,…
It’s Not Just A Season
“Are you getting enough time away from the kids?” A sweet sister in Christ recently asked me this at a party. We were the only family present with young children, and my toddler son was running rampant. “I don’t know how much time is enough,” I replied, “but thank you for seeing me and for asking.” Her caring question…
Theology or Therapy? Grace for Grey Areas
“Jesus is enough” is a phrase we Christians often use to console ourselves amidst life’s difficulties. While I wholeheartedly affirm this statement, I’ve heard it used to dismiss the need for therapy for suffering saints. Utilizing this type of aid, we decide, means that we aren’t fully trusting God and His word. While many believe…
Where All the Good Guys Have Gone
“Where have all the good guys gone?” seems to be a question asked both outside and sadly, inside the church. As Christians, our standard of goodness is God (Nahum 1:7), and while no man is perfect but Jesus (Hebrews 4:15, 1 Peter 2:22), there are many brothers who faithfully emulate Him. It can be hard…