The Unpleasant Feelings of Faithfulness

This post features an excerpt from Rachel Jankovic’s book: You Who? Why You Matter and How to Deal With It.

Doing incredibly glorious things does not always feel glorious. In fact, I think it seldom does.

The widow and her 2 mites probably did not feel glorious as she offered her little all. But Christ glorified her faithfulness with His acceptance of her offering.

If you had told me when I was 21 that I would still be unmarried at 33, I may have actually died. I have always wanted to get married and have children. By God’s grace, I’ve truly enjoyed much of my single years, but the desire for marriage has always been there. I know I’m not the only person who desires marriage and children but is still single…

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Biblical Lenses for Racism

The horrific murder of George Floyd on May 25 sent America reeling. Opinions on racism, prejudice and justice have flooded our social media feeds and news outlets. Many see this tragedy as yet another instance of racism and oppression, but others insist that the statistics on police brutality and crime debunk that this event is connected to a larger problem.

How should Christians view these issues?

This post is based off of a Breakout Session I did at the 2019 Girl Defined conference. Girl Defined exists to help modern girls understand and live out God’s timeless truth for womanhood. To learn more, click here.

I was once obsessed with a guy. I stalked him on social media. I stalked his family on social media. I purposely went places where I knew I would be around him, and whenever I was around him I made sure I was in his line of sight. The thing was, it seemed to be working! He always made a point to talk to me and was so kind to me. I really thought he was as interested in me as I was in him, only to realize he was being nice to me so he could get close to a friend of mine and ask her out!

This is one of many stories I could tell about how absorbed I was with guys in my younger years…

We Don’t Need to Hear God’s Voice

Making decisions has always been hard for me. Years ago, I agonized over whether or not to play volleyball in the next season — I wanted so badly to know what God wanted me to do! I was plagued by the fear that I would miss something really important, or maybe even disappoint God, if I made the wrong decision…

When Suffering Strikes

What do you do when suffering comes like a punch in the stomach and knocks the wind out of you? No one gets out of this sin-sick world unscathed by the cosmic effects of humanity’s revolt against God. Sin has turned everything in the world upside down and we live under the painful weight of it. At times, this weight erupts into the gut of our being with a vicious blow…

“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background or his religion…”

Former President Barack Obama posted this in a tweet along with a photo of himself looking into a window at children of different races, and it quickly became one of the most popular tweets to grace the Twitter platform. He accompanied it with a quote from Nelson Mandela: “People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” While these sentiments may sound nice at first, they leave much to be desired…