Experimental Living

Every year I’ve followed tradition, chained to its compulsive demand of painstakingly writing out resolutions to be filed away and checked off diligently as each is fulfilled. However, this year I’m breaking free and doing something drastically different.
No, I’m not refusing to make a list. I’m making a list, all right. In fact, I’m [...]

Have you ever come home after a long day, crashed in your room, and felt like the most unfortunate human being on the face of the earth?
Well, I certainly have.
It’s rather embarrassing to admit, but I am easily distracted by any problems or negative issues surrounding me, and even more easily influenced by the emotions [...]

Last week in the first post of this series, we discussed chivalry’s basic history. This week we’ll delve deeper into its fundamental tenets and focus on the undermining effects feminism has had on its downfall.
Protection and Balance
As the centuries progressed, chivalry became more defined and balanced, mainly with one principle in mind: to treat the [...]

“He held the door open for me!”
“Wow, did you see that? That guy just picked up my books!”
“Aw, that little boy just helped his baby sister back up off the ground; how sweet and unusual!”
Do any of these exclamations sound familiar? 
They shouldn’t. 
In fact, only for the past forty years (or more) have phrases such as these [...]

Chances are you are aware of a prevalent feminist attitude in recent decades. The one I’m speaking of is the increasing trend of stereotyping historical female figures. It has become popular, especially during the last 30 years of the 20th century, due to feminism’s influence on sociology, philosophy, and even theology.
Today, this mindset screams, “Women [...]

All my life, I’ve struggled to be as original as possible. It’s always been some sort of subconscious compulsion: if someone else is doing it, then it’s old and uncreative and something new needs to be done. Even when I was in grade school, I’d refuse to emulate people and drag my heels against the [...]

My friend Kristin just wrote a beautiful post on giving up; so head over to her blog, as I’m sure you’ll be as blessed as I was after reading it… especially if you’re going through a similar experience.

In Chapter 2 of The Pursuit of God, A. W. Tozer calls on Christians to strip themselves of all material lust and focus solely on desiring God, and God alone.  This chapter, aptly titled “The Blessedness of Possessing Nothing”, has convicted me to the point of extreme discomfort.  Perhaps the most effective quote is this:
The [...]

Lately, I’ve been having some interesting discussions with friends on clichés.  To be specific, “Christian” phrases that are cliché.  
For example, how often have you heard…
 
“God bless you!”
“May God have mercy on your soul.”
“You’ll burn in Hell for that!”
“That’s a sin, brother!”
“Let’s share what the Lord’s been teaching us.”
“You’re a very dear sister/brother in the [...]

I was thinking the other day… isn’t it interesting how stressful situations we place ourselves in can seem so dramatic until you put your thoughts in a different perspective?  Some things can appear to be tragic, horrific, and life-threatening, but when compared to true catastrophe only pale in comparison.  These situations can be anything: music [...]