by Phylicia | Oct 19, 2020 | Christian Life & Theology
For my wedding, I was given a set of beautiful flour sack towels. I couldn’t bear the thought of getting them dirty so I put them in the bottom of a drawer. Sometimes I’d see them in passing and touch the beautiful pattern, but I never took them out. I...
by Phylicia | Oct 12, 2020 | Dating & Marriage, Sexuality, Singleness
For many Christian girls, the boundaries in dating are fluid and ever-changing. How far you go depends on who you are with, and the standards of purity are, well, fifty shades of gray. We want a list of rules; that would be easiest. God doesn’t give us specific...
by Phylicia | Sep 28, 2020 | Singleness
In the midst of the battle to choose Christ over our human nature, the pat answer to “satisfy yourself in God” isn’t always welcome. How do we satisfy ourselves in God when – frankly – we’re still not satisfied? I always say,...
by Phylicia | Sep 21, 2020 | Christian Life & Theology, Sexuality
“Why would God give me these desires if He’s not going to fulfill them?” It’s a question many young men and women are asking. It’s a question I see at least once a week in my DMs, sometimes once a day. It’s a pressing concern for...
by Phylicia | Sep 14, 2020 | Christian Life & Theology
We’re all acquainted with the media’s idolization of beauty. I could cite thousands of examples where women are objectified, bodies are standardized, and idealism is exalted as an achievable reality. Our culture worships beauty, spiritualizing it as a...
