I don’t have time for Jesus

I don't have time for Jesus. I'm a working mom. A teaching mom. I wake up at seven o'clock to be at work by eight. I don't sit down between 8 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., when I stuff the kids' papers into my overflowing bag and rush out the door. For those hours, I am …

How to be a strong, independent woman and still practice the art of submission

“Do it self,” my two-year-old says.  Getting dressed, climbing stairs, buckling her seat belt.  It doesn’t matter what it is, she wants to do it independently.  That’s part of life. We train our kids to do everything by themselves.  We teach them to become independent thinkers so that they can handle all the natural stressors …

The Waiting Game: When Your Desire is Deep and Your Patience is Thin

I knew that I was going to marry my husband before he even asked me out.  God told me that I would. We had been casually dating for months.  I liked him. He liked me. I had given him a checklist to fulfill before making it official, and he completed it.  Yet, despite the fact …

Dear Men, Your manhood doesn’t make you toxic, but your behavior might.

During my senior year of high school, we got a new track coach.  Let’s call him Napoleon. He came in passionate. He came in with plans.  He came in with a chip on his shoulder. To be fair, we didn’t welcome Napoleon.  He didn’t have a great reputation as a teacher, or a coach, and …

I don’t care if you’re gay, please sit by me in church.

“Oh, you’re a Christian?”  Six pairs of eyes widened. The laughter died.  The flamboyantly gay couple at the end of the table dropped hands.  “We’re so sorry… we didn’t mean to offend you.” We were in a crowded restaurant, yet you could have heard a pin drop. I stood there with a pitcher of water …

A Republican Senate, a Democratic House, and a bunch of American losers

It’s the most dramatic season of The White House Chronicles yet and nothing is off limits.  Which Cabinet member will outlast all the others to become the Sole Survivor? Who can really Keep Up with AOC? What happens when 100 Senators stop being polite and start getting real? Of course, I jest.  But when the …

The Dangerous Myth of the Good, Christian Girl

A few years ago, I sat in front of a group of women and teenage girls at my church’s Christmas Breakfast.  My hands were shaking, and I could barely see the words in front of me. I had listed out many of my life struggles, the things I liked to keep secret. “God, I don’t …

Dear Christians, Abortion may be murder, but there is a reason it exists

Sophomore year of college, I sat in my friend’s car and listened as she talked about getting an abortion.  She was the type of person to laugh instead of cry, so she had this haunted chuckle with every word she spoke.  I didn’t need to tell her abortion was murder. She knew. But her boyfriend …