Looking at Life and Love through God's Eyes
Looking at Life and Love through God's Eyes
Christian Life, Theology
If you haven’t picked up on it yet, this month’s posts have been focused on goals and resolutions (you can check out the other posts here, here, and here). You know one thing about goals and resolutions is they can make you feel like you’re losing some of your freedom. You commit to getting certain things done or eating a …
Christian Life, Life Rhythms, Theology
At the end of December and throughout the month of January, people tend to think about the goals they have for the next year. For a lot of people that might mean making a goal list, deciding on a New Year’s Resolution, or starting a new habit or hobby. It’s good for us to think ahead and to think of …
Christian Life, Life Rhythms, Theology
Thanksgiving is an awesome holiday. You eat amazing food (and lots of it). You get together with family and friends. It starts the Christmas season. It’s just great. In the midst of all the eating and the planning for Christmas, it’s easy to bypass Thanksgiving. It can so easily get overlooked, but it’s so important. Thanksgiving is a holiday where …
Christian Life, Theology
This is the last week in our three week series on lies Christians believe about money. If you haven’t yet, you should first read post #1 and post #2 which each cover a different lie that some Christians believe. This week’s lie is perhaps the most insidious and therefore the most dangerous. Lie #3: What I do with my money …
Christian Life, Theology
Last week, I started a series on lies Christians believe about money. The first post was on the lie that wealth and money are bad things and should be avoided at all cost. If you haven’t read it, you can find it here. This week, I’m addressing a second lie: Lie #2: If I follow Jesus, I’ll become healthy, …
Christian Life, Theology
My “day job” is serving as the ministry coordinator for a discipleship program at my church called Rooted. Rooted is a 10 week small group experience. Each week, your group focuses on a different topic related to God and how we live in response to God (you can find more information on Rooted here, if you’re interested). The topic for …
Christian Life, Theology
The other day at my work, the slogan “Make America great again” came up in conversation (take a breath, this is not a political post nor does Donald Trump have anything to do with it, so calm down people, it’s just my intro based on my real life). One guy said something along the lines of, “As if America was …
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, 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, 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 …