Looking at Life and Love through God's Eyes
Looking at Life and Love through God's Eyes
Christian Life, Theology
I’ve been reading the gospel of John lately. Do you want to know what frustrates me about the book? Jesus never actually answers any questions people ask him. Usually he answers questions with another question, which has to be totally frustrating. It’s frustrating to me as a reader. I think there’s an important lesson in there: God often leaves us …
Christian Life, Spiritual Disciplines
Perhaps one of the most confusing things about reading the Bible in English is the plethora of different Bibles available. Not only do you have study Bibles, kid’s Bibles, journaling Bibles, etc, you also have what seems to be a never ending number of Bible translations to choose from. What’s up with all these translations? This post will strive to …
Christian Life, Spiritual Disciplines
Last week’s post focused on the two main ways that we read the Bible: for study and for devotion. We pointed out that both are important. Really, they’re both related to each other too. Now that we’ve looked at Bible reading form a 10,000 foot view, let’s focus in a bit. If I want to read my Bible on …
Christian Life, Spiritual Disciplines
It’s hard to believe that it’s almost July. 2018 is already over half over! Before we know it, fall will be here, school will be starting back up, and we’ll be getting ready to ease back into the “school year” routine. Somehow, even if you’re not in school, things seem to change pace in the fall. In preparation of …
Christian Life, Life Rhythms, Married Life, Single Life, Theology
Last week’s post was all about life rhythms, that they’re a something that God uses for our good. Even though we should embrace whatever season we’re in right now, it’s okay for us to long for something more, especially in the face of disappointment. In reality, until we get to heaven, we’re always going to be longing for something more. …
Christian Life, Life Rhythms
Last week’s blog post was all about the things I think graduates should know. Let’s be real though, graduates aren’t the only ones going through life transitions right now. The truth is that our lives are always in flux. We’re continually in the process of beginning and ending different seasons of our lives. While life can sometimes seem monotonous, …
Christian Life
Social media is ruining my life. Okay, that’s a bit of an overstatement, but the past few weeks, I’ve noticed that I’ve been spending more time on social media, staring deeply into my phone. It’s gotten to be a bit of a problem. I’m not here to say that social media is evil. I don’t think that it is. …
Christian Life, Married Life, Theology
Zach and I have been married two and a half years now. We now know that there are some things that each of us do that drive the other crazy. Here’s a short list: Things That Drive Ashleigh Crazy: When Zach leaves the kitchen cabinets open. If Zach forgets to put things away (particularly forgets to put things back …
Christian Life, Theology
I realize that at 28 I’m far from old, but the older I get, the more I realize that God rarely does what we expect him to. Sometimes, we try to plan out what we think he’s going to do. We try to look for signs of what he’s up to. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that necessarily. …
Christian Life, Married Life, Single Life, Theology
For some reason, when we talk about purity in the church, we’re almost always talking about sexual purity. We had a whole “purity movement” about a decade ago that was almost completely focused on staying sexually pure. While I don’t think there’s anything inherently wrong with that, it’s not really biblical. Purity in the Bible What I mean by …