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Mama, Embrace Your Not-So-Quiet Time

Feb 5, 2018 | Christian Life & Theology, Motherhood

I’m reading the bible chronologically this year. Every morning finds my clunky, awkward journaling bible propped halfway between an armchair and an endtable, coffee spilling with each elbow bump as I turn pages with one hand and hold my nursing baby with the other. Sometimes my eyes are so heavy I can’t remember which part of the Tabernacle I was reading about two minutes before. Sometimes I re-read a passage three times as my two-year-old interrupts with tears or toys.

Weary in the Center of God’s Will

Jan 30, 2018 | Christian Life & Theology

I think we need to look at tiredness differently; not as a bragging right, not as a complaint, not as anything but a human reality. Because to be tired is to be human. To be tired is to have done good work in a fallen world.

More American Than Christian: 5 Things to Learn from Liberty University’s President

Jan 27, 2018 | Christian Life & Theology

Liberty University has always been political.

It was political thirty years ago. It was political my sophomore year of 2009. It was political for all five years of my career on campus. And, as we saw in the news this week, it has remained political to this day.

Is the “Better Person” You’re Becoming the One Jesus Wants?

Jan 25, 2018 | Christian Life & Theology

Most goals are about improving ourselves. We want to lose weight, eat well, improve family relationships, and read more. None of these things are wrong. But when we look across the goals we set as people of God we should ask ourselves: Why all the self-improvement? Is this what Christians are called to pursue?

Thanks, Eve: Perspectives on the Curse of Genesis

Jan 3, 2018 | Christian Life & Theology, Podcast Episodes

For 2018, Lisa and I are introducing a few changes to the podcast – Uniquely Woman! There’s new podcast art and a new tagline: Inviting women to biblically challenge the status quo. We’re going to dive into some deep subjects where we might have answers – or we might be asking questions, both equipping us to better live out our faith.

Dear Marrieds: Stop Alienating Your Single Friends

Jan 2, 2018 | Christian Life & Theology

“I feel like married people are on a different plane.” Some version of that sentence enters my inbox on a monthly basis.

My married friends don’t have time for me anymore.

When my friends couple up, they start treating me like a project – just because I’m single.

I’m sad my best friend is getting married because it means I’m going to lose her.

Is Online Dating a Lack of Trust in God?

Dec 5, 2017 | Christian Life & Theology

I often speak to Christian women frustrated by the lack of dating options in their circle of peers. They’ve tried involvement in their communities, joining new groups and clubs, and even switching churches to surround themselves with people their age – and still, women outnumber men 3:1! But when I suggest they consider online dating, I am universally received with shock. “Doesn’t that mean I’m not trusting God?” They ask.

“Absolutely not!” I answer – and this post explains why!

How I Study the Bible: Step by Step

Nov 20, 2017 | Christian Life & Theology

Last week I shared a little glimpse of my bible study routine on Uniquely Woman. But if you’re like me, sometimes you need to see it in writing! My bible study routine has changed over the years. As I shared in this post, worship doesn’t look the same as it did when I was a single, working professional – or even when I was first married.

God Can Handle Your Disappointment

Oct 31, 2017 | Christian Life & Theology

To write it out feels silly and insignificant, but that’s the reality. According to my dates (which are accurate) I was due October 1st. It is now October 19th, and I am still pregnant. What’s more, my first child – Adeline – was born two weeks early, so I have been on high alert since 36 weeks. I am now 42 weeks and four days, and even if my dates are off by a week, I have been in “pregnancy mode” since the end of January. So for six weeks, I have woken up with hope and anticipation. For four weeks I have been completely ready. For two weeks I have been having contractions. And last weekend I had twelve hours of labor that fizzled out in exhausted sleep.

How to Make a Bible Study Corner in Your Home

Oct 30, 2017 | Christian Life & Theology

When I think over my walk with the Lord, that journey is marked by little altars; places where I spent time worshiping Him, laying my requests at His feet. Those places couldn’t be more different. As I moved from living at home with my family to attending to college, from college to career, from single to married and from marriage to motherhood, my times with God changed with me. In every season I had a “bible study corner”; a place I met with the Lord. But it looked different each time.

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