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Accepting
Accepting God’s chastising gracefully. This article was originally published in the 2021 Teacher issue of Oh Beloved One magazine. I just want to be open and honest before you all today. This article couldn’t have come at a better time. As I’m writing this, I feel like a boulder has dropped in my path, and…
Keep readingUnrealistic, Idealistic Expectations
Sometimes, we have unrealistic idealistic expectations. We all have plans and ideas about how our life will go in the big scheme of things. Down to what we are going to eat for dinner or where we will go on vacation or how we will raise kids. Don’t get me wrong. It’s important to make…
Keep readingA Letter to Homeschool Moms
Dear Mom, I know I wasn’t the easiest student in the world to homeschool. I hated math and science. I often wondered why I had to take a course in logic. I knew what I wanted to be when I grew up. A writer. Why then did I need to study arithmetic? I know I…
Keep readingThe Amazing Love of Jesus
(Photo credit: Gerd Altmann via Pixabay.) Do we ever stop and think about how much Jesus loves us? It might be tempting to discredit His death on the cross. “Well, Jesus was fully God, so He could handle it,” we say. It’s so easy to think solely about Jesus’s divinity and think that He lived…
Keep readingEmotions Aren’t Meant to Define Us
Emotions can be a beautiful, complex thing. God created us with emotions but because of sin, emotions are tainted and can’t always be trusted. Now, emotions aren’t necessarily wrong. God created us to think and feel. After all, Jesus experienced emotions! He wept, became angry, had a heart full of compassion, and was moved to…
Keep readingHis Pen
Comparing the job of an author to what God does. (Image by Ghinzo from Pixabay) It’s easy to find bad news. Just turn on the TV or click on a news app. (Or maybe…don’t. Save yourself from the trauma and the nightmares.) You get the point, though. Sometimes it’s easy to wonder where God is…
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