It’s Ash Wednesday, the first day of the Lenten season for those denominations (and individuals) who wish to observe it. Lent is traditionally observed for the 40 days before Easter (excluding Sundays), and there a number of spiritual practices associated with it. Many people chose to give something up for Lent – be that sweets,…
i had intended to write a really abstract post about this – a post that joked about the dichotomy between the two main perspectives that seem to exist for single Christians: “pity us!” “we are not to be pitied!” because if we are totally honest, those of us who are single can find ourselves thinking each…
Today’s post in this series on singleness and the church is a guest post by my dear friend, Sara Rendall (who should probably write a book about this stuff). Enjoy! If you are anything like me, you are sick to death of reading about being single. Mostly because a lot of articles, blog posts, and…
Today’s post in this series on singleness and the church is a guest post by my dear friend, Sara Rendall. I grew up in the church; my parents raised me in youth groups and bible studies, and I always just assumed I would finish school, go to college, meet Prince Charming, get married, and raise…
This post is part of January’s syncroblog on “New Beginnings.” Be sure to check out the link list at the end of this post for more great content on this topic. I didn’t think I was going to have a word this year. I don’t know that I’ll succeed in blogging about it any more…
