expectations…
In the previous post on dating and relationships, Yoline asked: Did you have any non-negotiable standards before you were married to your spouse? Like rules and boundaries that you and your boyfriend/girlfriend at the time agreed on and stood by until married? If so,...
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some thoughts on singleness…
Let’s face it. We’re a bunch of people who want to do life well. So whether it’s dating or marriage or college or kid-raising, we could all use a few pointers, including especially myself. My friend Jared from church was teaching during the Sunday...
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my love computer love affair…
I’m at the airport and Matt is making faces at me the entire time to get off my computer because we’re on vacation. But what he doesn’t understand is that my computer and me have a torrid love affair. I’m confessing this to you, dear Internet,...
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what fear can kill…
When my friend Lindsey asked me to talk about my biggest fear, the one pivotal conversation came to mind; a conversation that keep she running through darkness and reaching for the unknown. The conversation was brief, but one brief conversation with a brilliant man is...
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desertology…
Have you ever been camping deep into the desert? Have you ever been so far removed from the city din or the shouts of your own home that the silence is deafening? I remember camping in Joshua Tree Desert for our science class my Sophomore year of high school. One...
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podcast: ministry and marriage…
For those enjoying the ministry and women podcast with Christine Caine, this week’s installment deals with not only ministry but marriage as well. A couple years ago, I had heaps of questions in how to interact and traverse the ministry path as a female. I wish...
read morespeaking, in-laws, and slip ups…
I’m flying to Minnesota today to speak at Sanctuary Covenant church in Minneapolis. This is an exciting honor and simultaneously nerve-racking. Speaking at a new church is scary. But speaking at a new church WITH YOUR IN-LAWS IN THE AUDIENCE is petrifying. I...
read morevlog: is smoking a sin…
Who knew a tobacco wrapped in a small piece of white paper would cause such a controversy for the American church? Not too long ago I heard a pastor preach a sermon on the theological sin of smoking. Not smoking weed, but smoking anything, including cigarettes. It was...
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dreams, art, and doing it…
Remember the lottery ticket conversation I had with my missions pastor? The one where he said he would make people’s dreams come true if he won the million dollar cash out? It turns out he didn’t need the 51 million to help people dream big dreams after...
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anything…
I have a friend. She is tall, thin, and incredibly alluring. Quiet and unassuming, she’s able to whisper things to me in her soft, calming voice. No one can speak to me like she can, move me like she can, push me like she can. Through the years I’ve tried...
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I’m a writer and teacher in love with two men: Jesus and my husband, Matt. [You might not find this funny, but I laugh at myself, so it all balances out.]
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