When I Am Certain of Nothing Else

By Andrea L. Ramsay | March 6, 2018 |

The first part of 2018 has looked very different from my past few years as a full-time writer. As a writer, I spend most of my days alone typing at my computer, with the occasional phone call thrown in. But this year, I’ve had several speaking engagements that have required preparation and travel. I’ve been…

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The Name Jesus. The Word Love.

By Andrea L. Ramsay | November 28, 2016 |

Perhaps what has brought me hope these last few weeks is seeing people come together. An election that has made many groups feel as if they’ve been voted against as someone else was voted for, we have linked arms in a necessary kind of way, vowing to stand up for each other and remember that…

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What It Means to Be Loved By God

By Andrea L. Ramsay | September 1, 2015 |

I’ve been quiet in this space lately. Work has been consuming. Any spare time I have I devote to writing other things and writing here gets pushed farther and farther down the priority list. I don’t like it, but it’s the season I’m in right now. I listened to a song the other day that…

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Two Things Daughters Need to Hear from their Fathers

By Andrea L. Ramsay | June 18, 2015 |

A few weeks ago I was assigned to write a Father’s Day article about what daughters need to hear from their fathers as teens. Immediately I remembered this one time I did a Q&A session at a youth leaders’ conference. I and another preacher’s daughter answered a few questions about what it was like to…

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Lessons for a 13-Year-Old

By Andrea L. Ramsay | April 25, 2013 |

We are taught a lot of things at age 13 in churches and at our youth groups. I remember nights around the campfire at church camp that were profound and talked about Jesus in a way I hadn’t thought about him before. I remember hearing that who I was was in Christ and not in…

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