Looking at Life and Love through God's Eyes
Looking at Life and Love through God's Eyes
Christian Life
Gratitude and contentment often get confused, particularly with Christians. I thin that’s a problem because I hate the concept of contentment in the Christian/church world. I hate it because I don’t think the way we talk about it is accurate. Generally, contentment is presented like this: you should be okay with your life no matter what happens. If you can …
Christian Life, Single Life, Spiritual Disciplines
This week for my Six Week Spiritual Growth Journey that I’m doing on Facebook, I talked about Sabbath. In thinking about the benefits of Sabbath, I realized that Sabbath teaches us the very thing that I struggled with most when I was single. It’s something we all often struggle with when we have unmet desires: there’s only so much we …
Christian Life
The summer after my Sophomore year of college, I had a ton of time on my hands. I had acquired, by luck really, a rather cushy job. I was a caregiver for an elderly woman who had dementia. I would stay with her while her husband ran errands or played a round of golf. There were a few difficult days …
Why the loss of romantic passion might actually be a good thing (or at least not a bad one). I always knew that this would happen eventually. I was forewarned by the many dating books I read throughout high school and college, by my pre-marriage class, and by many adults throughout my life. Now it is finally here. I think …