Why Is Dating So Hard?
She plopped down in the seat across from me with a heavy sigh. Two weeks, four dates yet seemingly no progress toward a significant relationship. She was putting herself out…
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Natalie Floyd
The good news is, it doesn't have to be.
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How to Celebrate Advent When You’re Hurting
When I was a kid, each Christmas Eve at my house replayed the same scenario. After the candlelight service at church and the annual viewing of National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation,…
How to Celebrate Advent When You’re Hurting
Life Advent reminds us to wait with expectancy. Share Facebook 1,944 Twitter 0 When I was a kid, each Christmas Eve at my house replayed the same scenario. After the…
Conflict Avoidance Isn’t the Same Thing as Peacemaking
I recently read about a man in Georgia who has yet to find out the results of the presidential election. Seriously. Since November 9, anytime he leaves his home, he…
Conflict Avoidance Isn’t the Same Thing as Peacemaking
Life How to love people you disagree with. Share Facebook 2,295 Twitter 0 I recently read about a man in Georgia who has yet to find out the results of…
Why I Stay Silent on Important Issues Online
Over the summer, my new husband and I stole away to Guatemala for our honeymoon. After months of wedding planning and long days of coordinating schedules, trouble-shooting, and arranging every little detail,…
Three Lies Culture Tells Us About Being Single
Being single in your 20s is basically a non-stop thrill ride, right? Many of our favorite shows (Friends, How I Met Your Mother, and New Girl just to name a…
Why Hillary Clinton’s Abortion Comments Are So Problematic
In 1818, William Wilberforce, the key influence behind ending the British slave trade, wrote this in his diary, “In the Scripture, no national crime is condemned so frequently and few…
You Are Who You Date
The people we hang out with can determine the people we become. As Author Don Miller explains in his book Scary Close: A year or so ago I read an…
Legislation Alone Won’t Stop Abortion
When I was 16, some friends and I were walking around a neighborhood late at night when we spotted a stranger following us in the shadows. As we looped around…
Why Is Dating So Confusing?
Ten ways to be a better date. Three reasons you should take a break from dating. Five qualities you should look for in a spouse. Twelve things you’re doing to sabotage your relationships.…
We All Have Sexual Baggage
“All the boys sat on one side, and the girls on another. Then they passed a rose down the aisle of boys. By the time it got to the end,…
The End of Purity Culture
Sign a pledge. Get a purity ring. Save yourself for marriage. It seemed like a pretty simple formula to follow if you grew up in the Church. There were rallies,…