The air is warming, the flowers are blooming, and the stores are filled with chocolate rabbits and marshmallow peeps. That can only mean one thing – spring is here! I’m so looking forward to shedding all those extra layers and enjoying the weather before the sweltering southern summer comes upon us.
At the conference I recently attended, one of the speakers, Dan Christofferson, spent a good bit of time telling us about a museum he visited with his family during their vacation to Washington DC. They decided to go to the Smithsonian Museum. Their first stop in the museum was the national portrait gallery.
I had a rocky start into the world of dating. When I started getting interested in boys, my parents instituted a rule that anyone who wanted to date me would have to ask my dad’s permission to do so first. I thought this was silly and impractical, but I complied since I was still living… Read More Open letter to my fellow Americans
This is a modified piece pulled from the archives. You can read the original post here. Valentine’s day is coming up, and I’ve been thinking about gifts I’ve given or received in the past from significant others.
A long time ago, I received a pair of fuzzy pajama pants as a secret santa gift. I remember at the time being so annoyed when I opened them. I’m naturally a very warm-natured person. Additionally, I live in the south. The combination of those things meant that I was pretty much guaranteed to never… Read More The cost of avoiding the unknown
I was born in Pennsylvania, a state with significantly more annual snowfall than my current residence of Georgia. When I was little, my dad used to climb on the roof on Christmas eve. He always made a point to bang around and make lots of noise. The next day, he’d bring me and my older… Read More Some of my favorite Christmas traditions
Advent – the four weeks before Christmas – is a time of expectation and excitement. Hopefully, you have been able to sit down and think about some things that you’re expecting and planning for in the upcoming year. If you’re feeling a little stuck, however, I thought I’d give you some assistance to help get… Read More What I’m looking forward to this Advent
When I was growing up, my parents had an advent wreath that they brought out every year around this time. Every December, I would wait expectantly for dinner every night so that we could light the candles and prepare our hearts for Christmas.
I went to a marriage retreat at Berry College a few weeks ago. I’m not really sure what exactly I was expecting…but whatever my expectations, they were completely blown out of the water.
As I was writing about the importance of thanksgiving, I realized that a lot of those same principles could also be applied to forgiveness. Like thankfulness, we all know that forgiveness is important, but don’t practice it at much as we should. Like thankfulness, forgiveness is sometimes incredibly hard to put into practice. And just… Read More Thoughts on Forgiveness
