…is, I must admit, a little strange.
I just spent the last four years getting used to being on my own. I started out as a nervous freshman in a tiny dorm room, but eventually I got to know people, got my own car, moved into an apartment with my friends, and enjoyed the independence.
And now [...]
Filed under: Career/Education, Marriage/Family, My Life on June 17th, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Chapman daughter struck, killed by car in driveway
Many of you probably are familiar with Christian musician Steven Curtis Chapman. This is a song from his Speechless album several years ago - it now has poignant relevance. I pray that through God’s grace, they can cry with hope even in this terrible tragedy.
This is not at [...]
Filed under: Christianity, Marriage/Family, Struggles on May 21st, 2008 | 11 Comments »
Young motherhood is back in vogue.
Was it ever in vogue? Yes - in past decades and centuries, girls married and began having children at much younger ages than they do now. The average age of marriage and parenthood has risen dramatically.
The feminist movement of the 1960’s and 70’s promoted the idea that women should delay having [...]
Filed under: Culture, Marriage/Family on May 15th, 2008 | 14 Comments »
I’ve been looking for a way to express how I feel about some other facets of biblical manhood and womanhood. These quotes are right up my alley. The concept of “complementarianism” has been abused in many places by those who claim to be proponents of it. And sometimes the emphasis is so much on that touchy [...]
Filed under: Biblical Femininity, Marriage/Family on March 13th, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Welcome to the third entry in the Soul Sisters series! Click here for the introduction to the series.
Guest post by Eva (my mother!)
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Today’s truth:
Submission in a godly marriage is not demeaning; it is freeing.
Submission is a matter of trust – a matter of the heart.
“The Lord has done great things for us and our hearts [...]
Filed under: Biblical Femininity, Marriage/Family, Scripture on February 28th, 2008 | 10 Comments »
I just finished rereading Passion and Purity by Elisabeth Elliot (read my review here), and I wanted to share several excerpts that are particularly helpful or poignant.
“I’m afraid the snake has been talking to that person. He’s been sneaking up and whispering, ‘God is stingy. He dangles that beautiful fruit called marriage before your eyes [...]
Filed under: Biblical Femininity, Marriage/Family, Singleness/Dating on February 12th, 2008 | 5 Comments »
In my post Purity Principles, under my discussion of the need to guard our conduct, I mentioned “not becoming spiritually dependent on someone of the opposite gender who could be a romantic interest.” Casey asked me to expound on that idea.
First, let me outline the four spaces of human social interaction. These are called “sacred [...]
Filed under: Culture, Marriage/Family, Singleness/Dating on February 4th, 2008 | 20 Comments »
In response to my January 16th post, Topics: You Decide, Anjuan wrote, “I would like for you to write about the realities of maintaining purity… My wife and I just had a daughter, and I am keen to help her understand these principles as she grows. The world assumes that it’s impossible… but I know that [...]
Filed under: Culture, Marriage/Family, Singleness/Dating on January 21st, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I have written quite a bit about the blessings of singleness, the opportunities to be had as a single, what singleness can/should look like, etc. I focus on this issue because I am single myself, and I know that contentment in singleness can be a huge struggle. But I never want to emphasize singleness so [...]
Filed under: Marriage/Family on January 8th, 2008 | 12 Comments »
This is a stream-of-consciousness list of things I want to share with my sisters in Christ. I’m still learning many of them myself. They’re not really in a particular order, but I feel so strongly about each of these points.
You are a creation of God, and your worth comes from that fact, not from what the males around you [...]
Filed under: Biblical Femininity, Culture, Marriage/Family, Singleness/Dating on January 4th, 2008 | 39 Comments »
