When I was a little girl, all the things I dreamt for my future seemed very exciting, let me tell you, I was a big dreamer. Someone must have told me I could do or be anything, and I believed it. I had a nice list. Basically it amounted to being beautiful, being well-off ...
Read More »Attention Parents: Is Your Christian Teen A “Poser”?
A recent study stated that today’s teens struggle with spiritual commitment. Kendra Casey Dean is a minister in the United Methodist Church, a professor at Princeton Theological Seminary, and the author of, Almost Christian. She proposes that teens are living out a “watered down” faith by serving a God whose ...
Read More »God as Guide: the Perfect GPS
Our GPS is an excellent guide; she and I just don’t get along. It’s not her fault. We’re often out of sync with one another–or more accurately, I am out of sync with her. She gives an order, and I obey—too soon and end up on a wrong road. Or ...
Read More »Our Hope: Past, Present, and Future
I have been spending a lot of time the past few days thinking of many things about my own life. Sounds strange, even to me, but I have become quite proficient in pondering. Just as Mary pondered her situation as a young virgin who was about to give birth to ...
Read More »There Are Never Limits on God’s Work
Everyone has plans and dreams for their lives and their future. My plan for my future (starting from each day in my last years in highschool) has always been this: -Graduate High School. -Take a year to save for college. -Go to Bible College for four years (and take their ...
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