My car wouldn’t start this morning. This car is eighteen years old and has over 211,000 miles on it. It’s freezing cold out there. It’s allowed not to start every once and awhile. It’s earned that much. But I found myself texting the friend on whom I had to cancel: “I really did not need…
Happy Lent, everyone! I know, I know – Lent isn’t really known for its joy. But this year, I’m choosing to look at Lent not so much as a season of sacrifice but more as an adventure with God. Giving something up for Lent will inevitably teach me some things – it always does –…
Today’s guest post in our series on singleness and the church is from my friend and fellow-blogger, Jen. Jen is one of the most beautiful people I know, inside and out, and she approaches being single the way she approaches everything else: with a positive attitude, and a heart that looks for the beauty in…
Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve talked a fair bit about the drawbacks of online dating. Today’s guest post, written by one of my dearest friends, shares a slightly different perspective: Just over a year ago, I began having a discussion with God about my hopes and dreams for marriage. I’d been talking with…
The more I’ve talked with people about Lent, the more I’ve realized: it can be a very misunderstood season. I’ve misunderstood it myself. So often, Lent is painted as a long, dark, and barren season – and with good reason: traditionally, people tend to “give something up” for Lent – and when you’ve given up…
