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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
I’m Phylicia, and I believe in abundant life, practically. In singleness or marriage, work or home, we can live as overcomers in Christ. Join me in learning how to apply God’s Word and preach the gospel with your life.