Life

Are you a guy finding it difficult to make a decision about marriage? Are you feeling overwhelmed by the weight of this major life choice? One of the things we lack in a culture of unlimited choices is the ability to make good decisions that we can the …

  I was recently reading an advice column in a Christian magazine where a young woman, who was at that point in life that she needed to decide on a career, was having second thoughts about her preferred path. She loved to cook and had dreams of be …

  We received an e-mail this morning from a young woman who’s been married for just under a year. Here’s an excerpt (edited slightly for brevity): Not too long ago I walked into our bedroom and found my husband reading my journal. Now, I’d never t …

  I heard this phrase recently: “When you stop wanting marriage, God will give it to you.” On one hand, it does feel like a humble and deferential sentiment, deferring to God and trusting in His gracious providence. It has the sense of being conte …

When I went to college, choosing a major wasn’t too difficult for me. I’ve known what I wanted to do ever since I plagiarized a book I’d read in order to write my first story. (The book was called Ginny Gordon and the Mystery of the Missing Candlestick …

Our learning must be seasoned before it can be put to use in full effectiveness. Experience has its lessons to impart and we will profit by them. Struggle and stress and strife will give the fiber which is the basis of character, and that we my not be …

Where do you see yourself in 10 years? In a decent job? Married? Maybe with a child or two? People expect us to go to college to prepare for a career. How many of us are intentional enough, though, to prepare for things that are arguably more significa …

  First jobs out of college can be absolutely dull. Mine was. Or at least most of it was. A large part of my day was spent entering data into a DOS system to generate constituent response letters. I used to tell my wife that a chicken could do it …