I have asked myself over and over the question that Silver Threads, by Kate Megill of Teaching What is Good, opens up with: Where are the Titus 2 women of today? Why have today’s young wives and mothers been left to figure out for themselves how to raise a godly family and how run…
Lie and half-truths. Cheating and manipulation. Jealous, envy and fighting. This family was so dysfunctional! Set in 2014, we would never suppose that such a family would be chosen by God for great things. No, families marked for greatness in 2014 are families who have it all together. They are accomplished and educated; free from…
It’s not that my marriage was in trouble or anything. No, nothing like that. We have only been married seven years – so we’re newbies. Add to this that when we married, Z and I were well into our 30’s and had been living on our own for more than a decade respectively. So you…
Have you fallen into the bad habit of committing Christian Cannibalism? It’s become an epidemic all over social media. So bad, in fact, that I refuse to even look at my Facebook feed any longer. Every time I turn it back on, my stomach is in knots as I scroll through and read: Posts condemning…
My formative years were spent watching Christianity swing like a pendulum. Having been born into an old-time Pentecostal home, I understood hell, fire and brimstone. I knew that women wore dresses and skirts to church, and that many believed make-up and jewelry made you the kissing cousin to Jezebel. Although my own father never preached…
The older I get the less I know. It’s really odd, because when I was in my 20s I was so profoundly wise. Or so I thought. Now that I’ve crested “the hill”, I realize how little I actually know. With age comes wisdom -for most, anyway. Part of that wisdom is realizing what a…
