Personal Growth

Reading has not only been a hobby to fill my time, but it has matured me as a writer, friend, neighbor, woman, and follower of Jesus.

Through my cooking, I balance the tension of living with the longings from Eden and awaiting the hope of New Jerusalem. What’s your cooking?

I was afraid that whatever beauty I had in the eyes of culture would disappear with my hair. And friends, that’s bad theology.

We should often examine our own thinking: Where are we accepting a false ideal? Where are we passing judgments when we should be offering grace?

It’s a unique opportunity to influence the writers who will read your comments, so steward that power well. Assume your words will have an impact.

I could’ve asked him for clarification, said no to lunch dates and ignored his flirty texts. But I didn’t. And that is all on me.

How would my life change if I believed my body was beautiful just as it is — not disgusting or acceptable or fixable but actually beautiful?

Despite therapy and self-awareness and self-help books, people don’t make it out of awkwardness alone — they need community.