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All Laziness is Spiritual Laziness

Jun 13, 2017 | Christian Life & Theology

In my 5-day Overcomer’s Email Course, I never fail to get a response on Day Three’s email: laziness. “Oh man, this is my struggle,” the emails pour in. “It’s so hard to motivate myself to do what I need to do each day!” Laziness is no stranger to us. Even the most productive people have sneaky ways to be lazy if they let themselves; little distractions and insignificant tasks they use to procrastinate what really matters. But we don’t talk much about laziness in the church because – much like gossip or physical boundaries – we don’t see it as a spiritual problem.

This is Why You Can’t Overcome Temptation

Jun 12, 2017 | Christian Life & Theology

As a young “Christian”, my walk with God was little more than trying to follow rules. Trying to overcome temptation was an uphill battle against an ever-prefailing human self. I spent my Bible study trying to memorize the “lists” of Christian character qualities in the New Testament – then attempted to implement those virtues on my own strength. It’s no surprise I failed to overcome temptation – my walk with God wasn’t much to speak of, since God wasn’t very much part of it at all!

A Pregnant Student is Not the Problem

Jun 5, 2017 | Christian Life & Theology, Sexuality

This weekend I read Maddi Runkles’ story: How she discovered she was pregnant her senior year of high school, confessed to her school, and consequential to the sexual sin that caused the pregnancy was not allowed to attend classes or walk in their graduation (though she did receive a diploma). I then read the statement by Heritage Academy – why they dealt with a pregnant student in the manner they did.

The “Never Enough” of Crunchy Motherhood

May 22, 2017 | Christian Life & Theology, Motherhood

I am a home birth mom.

Having my babies at home thrusts me into the world of crunchy motherhood – a place I never imagined I would be. Before our first child I was a gimme-the-drugs diva who thought cloth diapers and vaccination fights were for crazies. Now I’m in the middle of crunchy mom world, somewhere between moon child and manicured prepster, unwilling to give up either aspect of my mothering identity.

Where Conservatism Goes Wrong

May 17, 2017 | Christian Life & Theology, Podcast Episodes

This week on the Uniquely Woman podcast, we are tackling an issue that plagues conservative circles: Basing worldview on a reaction to the world rather than on what the Bible says.

We provide a few examples of this – e.g., holding motherhood up as the highest calling of women, viewing women as objects of sexual temptation instead of humans made in the image of God, and advancing courtship as the answer to hookup culture.

Ten Things to Do While You’re Waiting

May 16, 2017 | Christian Life & Theology, Singleness

I talk about waiting a lot. Waiting is part of being human; it’s not something we only do while single or in college. We’ll always be waiting for something.

But a season of waiting doesn’t mean sitting still. To the contrary, our waiting seasons can be a time of great productivity! Whether the season lasts a few weeks or a few years, here are ten ways to steward this time well.

Open Yourself to God’s Unexpected Will

May 15, 2017 | Christian Life & Theology

God’s will. We wonder what it looks like. We think discovering is the key to the future; that God has a grand blueprint for our lives, unalterable by our choices. We tell people “God has a wonderful plan for your life!” instead of “God wants to walk through every day with you!”, and the resulting worldview serves only to box God in.

Every Heart Kneels to Something

May 9, 2017 | Christian Life & Theology

I read it a hundred times, in several different versions, but never in the version in front of me. I kneel over the page and read it again:

“…I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.” (Rom. 12:1-2, HCSB)

Do not be conformed to this age.

Is Biblical Submission Dangerous?

May 2, 2017 | Christian Life & Theology, Dating & Marriage

I was clicking through some of my referral links – the ones that send people to my page – and one pingback took me to a girl’s blog where she expressed her distaste for my post, “The 5 Myths of Modesty”. But her dislike for my stance wasn’t limited to the belief that women can wear whatever they like, regardless of responsibility or consequences; rather, Hannah expressed: “I just want to speak about my opinion of this dangerous, “submissive-attitude”.”

Submission: is it dangerous, like Hannah claims? I addressed this issue as it relates to modesty in my post, That Day My Husband Told Me What to Do. Subsequently, I did some research in both secular and Christian sources to evaluate both worldviews.

When God Gives Your Sister What You’ve Been Praying For

May 1, 2017 | Christian Life & Theology

It might be a boyfriend, a marriage, a baby, or a job. Whatever it is – she has it, and you don’t.

If you’ve walked this path beside her for a while it probably feels unfair. If you’ve been waiting longer than she has, it may seem unfairer still. Yet it happens all the time: God gives your sister the very thing for which you’re waiting. How do you respond?

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