Asking the Hard Questions
Would I Still Be a Christian If Most of My Friends Were Not?
A few months ago I promised I had more “Would I still be a Christian if…” questions coming down the pike. I think I’ve been subconsciously avoiding writing about these questions despite my promise to. You see, they’re difficult and make me question my dependency on religion and I can’t handle that type of questioning…
Read MoreCan We Annoy God?
I’ve kept a journal for years now. I bet a lot of bloggers could say the same thing. We seem to be obsessed with the regular recording of everyday events. Anyways, from time to time I like to read old journals and compare myself to my younger self. A theme I’ve noticed in reading through…
Read MoreWhat Did You Have to Give Yourself Permission to Do?
My favorite iPhone app is “Question of the Day.”As you’re well aware, I ask lots of questions and have been asking one difficult question a week since January. Though I may never ask another one again after 2011 because quite frankly it’s exhausting, I will continue to use the QotD app on road trips, during…
Read MoreWhy Do Bad Things Happen to Good People? And Vice Versa
The cliche question I was doomed to ask during this blog series. People often use this question to disprove a loving God. How could a God who loves us allow such terrible things to happen to such good people? It’s a toughy. Good people don’t deserve to lose a child or get cancer or have…
Read MoreAm I Working, or Just Wasting Time?
I talked to my mom yesterday about a conference she and my dad attended at my younger sister’s church in Waco, Texas. World Mandate is a weekend focused around missions and urgency and from talking to my mom, it was a weekend they won’t soon forget. One of the speakers they heard was Christine Caine.…
Read MoreAre You Settling? And Is that So Bad?
The “S” word has such a bad rap. My generation–I think more than the ones before–has great pressure on it to never settle. We are to dream big, pursue those dreams, achieve them, then what? Dream bigger, pursue those dreams, achieve them. Then… I’m exhausted. Yet, the alternative is invariably worse: slowly forget your dreams…
Read MoreWhat Does the Bible Say About Exercise?
Today I celebrate Labor Day, meaning I’m not working as I hope most of you American readers are not doing as well. And since I’m not working today, I’m posting a link to work I did last week. On a blog called Her.meneutics (the Christianity Today Women’s blog) about a topic I’ve grown interested in:…
Read MoreAm I Broken?
by guest blogger Katie Richards Around the age of 23 my mind began to flood with questions. Some of these questions came from the transition of college life to living in the real world. These questions had me pondering what I wanted my life to be about, the contribution I wanted to make to this…
Read MoreWhat Makes Art Christian?
by guest blogger Kelsey Alexander Picture an oppressively hot July day in the middle of the Colorado Rockies. A Christian youth conference is underway on a local college campus, and its basketball stadium is steadily filling with teenagers. In walks a frizzy thirteen year-old redhead with a mouth full of braces and a fanatical love…
Read MoreAm I Doing It Right?
by guest blogger Katie Noah Gibson That’s the question that has plagued me all my life. I am a classic oldest child – organized, responsible, driven to excel. These traits came in handy as I competed in spelling bees and made straight A’s, and later as I learned to drive, plan my own travel, pay…
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