When I was a kid and getting ready to stay over at a friend’s house, my parents always told me, “Now, I don’t care what things look like when you get there; you just make sure to leave it better than how you found it!” My typical response was something …
Hi. I’m Emma, and I am not a fan of online dating. (In fact, Lisa Anderson calls me a hater.) My dislike of it has several roots. Personally, it’s not something I’ve ever considered as an option. My aversion comes mostly from the stories I’ve heard fro …
Online dating is pretty commonplace now, but it’s so slow, you guys. You know, you have to get on the Internet, look at people’s profiles, send a message, wait to get a message back, decide to meet, and then pick a time and a place. I mean, that whole …
In a culture that boasts image is everything, let’s remember true beauty is a heart growing in the likeness of Jesus Christ.
Community. If there’s a word — and, more importantly, an idea — that gets more traction in Christian conversations these days, I’m not aware of it. Maybe that’s because in our often relationally fragmented world, the promise implied by the word communi …
Back in the early ’90s, “Saturday Night Live” did a mock self-help show called “Daily Affirmation With Stuart Smalley.” Stuart Smalley (no relationship!) was a spoof on individuals who were obsessed with 12-step programs and who had become addicted to …
Call me a nerd, but my fascination with the internet and how we use it led me to read a book on that very subject. In The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains, Nicholas Carr makes a compelling argument that because of this new medium, the …
It’s funny to think about the first impressions we make and the situations where these things happen. Take for example my Freshman Orientation at the local water park, an event designed to help students meet new people and get settled in at college. Or …
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