One of things I love most about Scripture is the sheer beauty of the imagery it uses sometimes. Psalm 56:8 has always been one of my favorite verses for exactly that reason: You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your…
A few weeks ago, I shared an article in which Dale Fincher responded to a quote from John Piper concerning emotional blackmail, and I mentioned that reading it had helped me realize how I needed to un-learn some of the incredibly unhealthy conflict management skills I’d been taught. I’ve been thinking about all of this for days now, and let…
— 1 — OMG, JEFF GOINS FOLLOWED ME ON TWITTER. (It’s the little things.) — 2 — Also – I am (finally!!) no longer unemployed! I started training this week for a job as a virtual assistant, and so far it’s been really fun. There’s a lot to learn, but the challenge is part of the…
Three years ago today, I had an epic bicycle accident. (Talk about making tax day worse; it’s surefire, but I wouldn’t recommend it.) It doesn’t really seem possible that it’s been three years. Entire lifetimes have happened between then and now, and yet the handful of details I actually remember are still as clear as…
— 1 — It’s been a fun week here at Simple Felicity. I finally took the time to fix a few of the things I’ve been meaning to fix on my website: adding a picture of myself to my ridiculously short bio (I still really don’t know what to say about myself; any suggestions? What…
