by Phylicia | Sep 14, 2020 | Christian Life
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...
by Phylicia | Aug 25, 2020 | Christian Life, Womanhood
I knew love as a choice. Even when falling in love with my husband, it was the product of a planned, discerned choice for a man who shared my values and life goals. Love was not an impulse, sometimes not even an emotion. It was an action. It was resolve. I’ve...
by Phylicia | Apr 7, 2020 | Christian Life
I flipped open my notebook and read over scribbled notes dated April 24th. Matthew 5:38-42 38 “The law of Moses says, ‘If a man gouges out another’s eye, he must pay with his own eye. If a tooth gets knocked out, knock out the tooth of the one who did it.’ 39 But I...
by Phylicia | May 9, 2017 | Christian Life
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....
by Phylicia | Feb 8, 2017 | Christian Life
I used to think an atmosphere of worship required flickering candles, Bethel music, and hour-long prayer sessions. When I was single, that used to be my reality. I’d read my Bible, turn on worship music, and spend more than thirty minutes enjoying the presence...
