I took an etiquette class several years ago in which the instructor told us that compliments must never be specific, because they already embarrass people as it is. The embarrassment only increases with the specificity of the compliment. This is not go …
A few months ago, my husband and I canceled our Netflix account. We loved it a little too much. After binge watching the first season of Turn and all seven seasons of The West Wing, it was time to cut off this addiction at the source. It had become our …
Recently, God did something unexpected when I started drowning in anxiety, and I’m still in awe.
My 24-year-old niece is already off to a great start with her career, but she’s wrestling with uncertainty. Although she recently landed an impressive job, the schedule is grueling. Plus, despite working so hard to get through school, she still can’t s …
Thanks to smartphones, the amount of time we spend on things like streaming TV shows, games and social media is staggering. How can we limit ourselves?
When Karen Swallow Prior was a child, church wasn’t a place that she associated with belonging, even though she was immersed in Christian culture. Books, on the other hand, were her refuge, a place where she came alive, an escape from the boredom of se …
I’ve always loved to travel and study other cultures. I went on missions trips in high school and dreamed about the day I could see the world. So studying abroad in college was never a question of if but rather a question of where. Even though I was an …
Summer is a time filled with sun, the great outdoors and memories. For young adults, we may fill our days with work and have only a few weekends to get in our planned activities. Maybe you want to read a certain book this summer, climb a mountain or tr …
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