Life

  I recently wrote a post called “Three Easy Ways to Ruin a First Date,” which provided advice on how to make a first date want to run away from you and never call back. My suggestions were: 1) Propose (or at least talk about marriage enough to ma …

One of the advantages of living in Georgia right now is that we’re still in the middle of fall. The pumpkins of Halloween have mostly been taken off of their respective porches, but pumpkin spice lattes are still as popular as ever. Men are breaking ou …

Jane (not her real name) had just lost her job. Jane is a Christian, as are many if not most of her friends. And as they rallied around her on Facebook, seeking to encourage her, a recurring theme emerged in their comments: “You lost that job, but the …

Health and general wellness has been on my mind these past few weeks as I’ve been in and out of the doctor’s office for various ailments. I finally realized that even though I’m young at 23, I’m not as young as I used to be when my body felt like it co …

“I just want there to be a formula for love!” my roommate exclaimed as we talked about her new boyfriend over caramel lattes at our favorite coffee shop. “I just want to know that if I do A, B and C, I’ll be guaranteed D (D being marriage). I just want …

Have you ever taken a small child to an ice cream shop? I have. One time I took a little girl I was babysitting to one of those 35 flavors places, and do you know which one she chose? The electric blue one filled with sour gummy worms. Now I’ll admit, …

My husband and I are coming up on 10 years of marriage in January. A decade ago I was planning a wedding and — more importantly — preparing for marriage. One thing I’m glad I did in those days is talk to married people about what it’s like to be marrie …

Israel had judges before they had kings. These judges were people God appointed to somewhat direct the people. Well, there came a day when the Israelites decided they didn’t want a judge anymore, they wanted a king. So they did what you naturally do wh …