I don’t mean to keep disappearing on you… it’s been such a crazy month summer year. I have the best of intentions. I scribble: “WRITE BLOG POST” on the top of my to-do list every day. I really want to do it — I like to do it. I just can’t seem to get to […]
Have you ever had — or do you have now — a boss or a teacher or a family member that you just can’t please? No matter what you do, it’s never enough. You can’t ever seem to meet their standards or make them happy. It feels like you’re always falling short, messing up, making mistakes. […]
When I was much, much younger, members of my family often said to me, “Tell us what you really think, Christin!” They weren’t asking for my opinion – lovingly encouraging me to speak up. They were commenting on the… um… directness or candor with which I had just expressed myself. I’ve been through many heart-rending, […]
I was searching the online concordance for a verse on joy, thinking perhaps one of those beautiful verses in the Psalms… Suddenly this verse popped up, from Deuteronomy 28:47. I tried to skip over it – a verse in the middle of a story, and a difficult verse, at that– dripping with pain. Not the […]
It’s that time of year… many of our friends will be swapping gratitude challenges on Facebook, posting favorite verses or pledging to share certain number of things they’re thankful for each day in November — which is awesome! We know from studies done in the fields of science, medicine, psychology, and religion, and from our […]
