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...
by Phylicia | Jan 31, 2017 | Christian Life, Womanhood
Christians talk a lot about sexual purity. We talk a lot about being pro-life. Yet we’ve ignored the chasm of understanding between these two issues – issues that are integrally connected not just in reality, but in our spiritual lives. We brandish our...
by Phylicia | Jan 24, 2017 | Christian Life
A pang strikes my heart every time I write about the church. It’s the same discomfort I get when confronting a friend about a sin issue; a necessary pain. I wouldn’t want to take joy in correcting a flawed ideology, but neither should I ignore anything...
by Phylicia | Jan 16, 2017 | Christian Life
Like the message of modern women’s ministry it arrives clothed in good intention, never meaning to go too far or stay too long. But it has stayed too long – in our churches, and in my heart. We hear it in the shifted center of the songs we sing: I...
