So We’re Living Together…What’s the Big Deal?

What a precious baby girl! …Wait. She belongs to my old college roommate? No way! …Wait. Did I miss her wedding? As I curiously stalk my old roommate on Facebook I realize I hadn’t missed anything. Not even an engagement. Just the reality of another friend cohabiting with her boyfriend.

Four Ways to Show your Husband Who’s Boss

If you’re like me, you’ve probably seen the chart floating around Facebook that lists attributes of the first child, middle child, last child and only child. And more than likely, you’ve resonated with at least one of the traits in your box. Can I get a shout from any of my fellow first-borns out there? I mean, really. We didn’t just think we were the boss. We were the boss. Or at least we had our siblings convinced that we were.

The Single Woman’s Home

As a Christian woman, trained as a Home Economist, I never expected to be single past my mid-twenties. However, the Lord had a much different plan for me and has gently matured my attitude toward singleness, as well as the purpose of marriage.   I know now that I should marry only if our united lives would be more effective for the Lord than either of us are in our single state.

Misunderstood For Christ

The feeling of being misunderstood is unmistakable. It causes us to second guess ourselves.

I have been misunderstood in many ways; my heart, my past, and my motives.  Perhaps out of all those misunderstandings, my relationship with God has been the most misunderstood by others.

“You are taking this whole Jesus thing way too seriously.”

Disappointment with God

It's the shortest verse in the Bible:

Jesus wept. (John 11:35 NIV)

You probably know the story and its main characters: Lazarus is deader than dead, having spent 4 days in the tomb and Jesus is presumed late.

Early in the story, we learn that Jesus had a close relationship with not only Lazarus, but also his two sisters Mary and Martha. This makes his delay in coming seem even more unreasonable.

Busyness: The Lie of More

I had a conversation with a friend recently about the pressure of doing more. The lie that busyness equals a better and, therefore, more important life is not only being perpetuated in the world, but it is also becoming more rampant in the lives of believers.