by bianca | Jun 19, 2014 | church, culture, ministry, pop culture
Welcome back, friends! As we continue to discuss relationships [read yesterday’s post] and the genesis of how to do dating well, I want to address this itty bitty thing called EXPECTATIONS. Here are the questions we’ve asked so far: Attraction: Are you...
by bianca | Jun 18, 2014 | church, culture, Dating, pop culture, singleness, Singleness is not a disease
Have you ever had a DTR? You know, those awkward conversations with someone you may or may not like as you step into the brave waters of dating to Define The Relationship! Yes, those. I’ve had to initiate and endure several of those and it was as fun as getting...
by bianca | May 28, 2014 | church, culture, ministry, Speaking, Teaching
For seven years I was a lifeguard. Not like a Baywatch lifeguard or Wendy Peffercorn, but like a 18 year-old college student with leathered skin in a one piece bathing suit. I sat in a lifeguard tower watching over people, ever-ready to rescue or resuscitate those who...
by bianca | Apr 27, 2014 | church, culture, ministry, Speaking, Teaching
You know that feeling when you’ve been labeled? I think most people remember the deepest degree of classification in high school when labels were like signs hung around your neck: jock, nerd, cheerleader, band geek, class clown, class pet, class act. You don’t label...
by bianca | Apr 16, 2014 | church, culture, ministry, Speaking, Teaching
Maybe it was because I read too much as a kid. Maybe it was because I have a vivid imagination. Or maybe it’s because I’m dramatic. Either way, I can’t help but read narratives of the bible and be carried away with the vivid scenes. I like the teach...
by bianca | Feb 10, 2014 | church, culture, ministry, Speaking, Teaching
After the lights turned off and the auditorium cleared out, the leadership of the IF:Gathering sat around a table and broke bread together. We celebrated the birth of our gathering, mourned the pain and sacrifice it cost, and spoke about the future. Through laughter...