Let’s face it: some people are harder to love than others. Sometimes it’s their personality or behavior, but often those are formed by their story. Someone treated them harshly when they were younger; they had a terrible role model in their mother or father; they were abused; they were orphaned; they were rejected. These things…
I have a super power. Now, before you get excited, you need to understand that in the overall superhero lexicon of powers, mine ranks pretty much dead last. See, my super power is angering people I thought were my friends. The worst part of my super power? I generally have no idea I’ve used it….
Note from the Editor: This post has been edited for sensitivity. It originally contained a line that could have been interpreted to suggest that if a woman does not take care of her physical appearance, her husband might be tempted to stray, and that she might be partly responsible because she didn’t make enough effort…
When they were little, I repeatedly told my daughters I had two primary goals for them: I wanted them to love Jesus, and I wanted them to love books. My rationale for this simplistic parenting strategy was as follows: loving Jesus would open their hearts and loving books would open their minds. With open hearts…
I sat on a dimly lit stage. I’d just finished giving a message titled You Are Enough. That particular night, I’d stressed the importance of how we were designed to be known through the vulnerability of sharing our story. I then opened up the stage to any woman who wanted to share how God had…
I recently caught a few minutes of an episode of the old Golden Girls sitcom. Educator Dorothy was telling her fellow fifty-something roommates, Blanche and Rose, about having such a great time talking and laughing with younger teachers that day that she forgot about their age difference. Then she was shocked to find an “old woman”…