Culture’s Worst Lies About Falling In Love
As a teenager, I read my fair share of Christian romance novels. They were full of dramatic plot lines, sexual tension, one-room school houses and Canadian Mounties. The leading men…
‘All the Feels’ and How to Manage Them
I feel more than most. Maybe you can relate. One moment I’m perfectly fine and the next I’m crying because a young immigrant mother of two won $10,000 on Chopped…
8 Things You Should Never Say to Your Single Friends
“It’s OK, your Prince Charming is out there!” I was told recently. Frozen smile on my face, I wasn’t quite sure how to respond. I knew it was said in…
6 Ways to Avoid Early Marriage Mistakes
You’re in your first year of marriage. This is the time you imagined, prepared for and were pressured about through your dating life, and likely long before. You recall watching…
4 Ways to Help a Hurting Friend
A couple of years ago my life was upended. You probably know the type of thing I’m referring to—a major loss, a game changer. The devastation uprooted me, so it…
God Has a Purpose in Your Disappointment
“Hope deferred makes the heart sick,” says King Solomon. Proverbs, which Solomon wrote, speak to the human condition, and this one is no exception. We’re all familiar with disappointment. You…
Enneaneighboring: Forming Community in My Neighborhood Out of Different Types of Normal
Ann Voskamp said it in her book The Way of Abundance, and the words sink deep: “We will never reflect the image of Christ to the world unless we first…
9 Millennial Relationship Problems As Reported By Therapists
Life is not easy for Millennials: not only are they dealing with the legacy left by previous generations (environmental crises, political instability and escalating real costs), but even their love…
6 Ways to Use the Enneagram To Become a Better Spouse
Are you struggling in your marriage? I know from experience that it’s all too easy to look at your relationship during a particularly stressful or turbulent season and feel completely…
You Never Marry the Right Person
In generations past, there was far less talk about “compatibility” and finding the ideal soul-mate. Today we are looking for someone who accepts us as we are and fulfills our…
Study: Half of Christian Young Adults Don’t Think It’s Right to Date Non-believers
The group Teleios Research have released the findings of a new study that asked nearly 1,800 Christians under the age of 35 about their thoughts on dating and marriage. Some…
We Need to Talk About Porn
After listening to a friend in their late 20s share about their sexual addiction, it hit me that they have been struggling with this for over 10 years, a decade…
Two Words That Could End Your Marriage
Just over five years ago I stood on the stage of a dimly lit chapel waiting for my very best friend, dressed in white, to come stand beside me as…
The Big Lie Everyone Believes About Having Kids
About a week before I found out that I was pregnant with my first child, one of my college roommates and best friends asked me to be the maid of…
All Jobs Are ‘in the Ministry’
From the time we are old enough to form sentences, we are asked to articulate our plans for the future. While few people ask us to lay out a step-by-step…