When Your Life Plans Don’t Pan Out
Today is my 39th birthday. As I celebrate turning another year older, I find myself thinking about time. How much is left? How much time has gone by already? Am I using my it wisely? Mostly, though, I’m thinking about…
Homeschool Doubt: An Annual Tradition
Each new school year begins the same way. Social media is flooded with pictures of students on their first day back, and parents proudly proclaiming their plans for a great year to come. Each post on my Facebook feed leaves…
Feminism Is Not Compatible With Christianity
The woke world in which we live today sort of encompasses every area of our existence. Institutions, workplaces, school, speech, and even thought is under reevaluation and reconstruction. One concept that has become increasingly confusing and difficult to understand is…
Is The “Billy Graham Rule” Sexist?
Billy Graham, famed evangelist known for his revival meetings called crusades, developed what is now referred to as the “Billy Graham Rule.” Graham developed this principle in 1948 during a crusade in Modesto, California. Simply put, he decided that he…
Sarah Young Doesn’t Hear Jesus Calling
Christian books are a mainstay in believers’ lives. Personally, I love to read, and I think doctrinally solid Christian books can be valuable resources. They have their failings, too, though. Christians are getting lazy and picking up the next bestseller…
Modesty: It’s More Than What You Wear
Matthew West, an award-winning Contemporary Christian musician, recently dropped a new single entitled “Modest is Hottest.” The reaction was predictably angry and blinded by modern feminism and purity culture backlash. Blogs and comment sections lit up with this seemingly never-ending…
Living As A Christian Looks Weird
Note: Below is the talk I gave at my church’s Mother-Daughter Banquet about how living as a Christian looks weird…or it should! I’m not one to do a lot of public speaking, but I had a good time. I decided…
Is Easter Still The Holiest Day In The Church?
Easter is the “big show” for churches. It is the holiest day of the year, so Christians often want to have a particularly special service. Additionally, Easter is one of the two days a year people who rarely go to…
Should Christians Celebrate Easter Like The World?
Easter is here again, and it is time to get ready to celebrate. Eggs will be filled with candy, kids will hunt eggs, and grown adults will walk around in bunny costumes while taking pictures with random children. Families will…
I Am Not “Just” A Housewife
Every so often an article or tweet will say out loud what I have been fearing in the depths of my being. I’m “just” a housewife. I can see the expression I often get when I answer that dreaded question.…
