Learning to Lead Without Burning Out
Lungs clenched tight, skin dull and colorless, eyes dark and heavy. It had only been a month since I was appointed as a team leader on the mission field, and my mind was like a deflated balloon the day...
View ArticleOnce Saved Always Saved? The Concepts of Grace and Salvation
A young woman recently wrote to us asking what our ministry believed. Specifically, she wanted to know if we believe in the concept of “once saved, always saved.” When we told her that this statement...
View ArticleSix Ways Giving Up Makeup Brought Me Closer to Christ
My name is Sophia, and I am a makeup-holic. A lover of mascara and soft pink blush, I look forward to my morning routine when I can pop on some tunes and intricately apply my favorite shades of color...
View ArticleA Case for a Bare Face
Imagine this. You enter an art gallery where you find the world’s most talented artist admiring his sculpture. This man is no ordinary artist. He is the most praised artist in history, more than...
View ArticleThe Three C’s for Single Christian Women
I’ve had my share of bad relationships. Destructive ones, actually. From junior high until my junior year of college, I experienced the spectrum of abuse: emotional, physical, verbal. The relationships...
View ArticlePreaching Christ with Your Clothing
“Today we’re going to be addressing modesty…” I cringed and sensed the sparse hairs on my arms stand on end. I didn’t like being convicted. “Haven’t I heard enough?!” Obviously not, since my dressing...
View ArticleThe Paradox of the Christian Life
And I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. I want to do what is right, but I can’t. I want to do what is good, but I don’t. I don’t want to do what is wrong, but I do it...
View ArticleSo, Who’s Afraid of Retirement?
Last month was quite the “season” for lady retirees. I attended several retirement parties; my sister-in-law retired as a Police General and Chief Superintendent of the Philippine Crime Laboratory, a...
View ArticleWhat Missions Taught Me About Perspective
This summer I had the privilege to lead a mission trip with 22 high school students to Guatemala. It was life changing for many of the students, and I grew as a leader more than I could have possibly...
View ArticleThe Joy of Pain
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. His...
View ArticleA Month Without Affirmation
Have you ever been pinched by the sting of rejection? Have you felt like the predisposition to be rejected is in your bones or knit into the coils of your DNA? Well, my dear, you are in good company...
View ArticleWalking Humbly With Your God
I’m walking on blind faith — but your grace is exhilarating. -May 21, 2015 I wrote these words a week before boarding a plane to Burma. I arrived in Southeast Asia without a clue of what to expect and...
View ArticleThe Tirzah Shop + A GIVEAWAY
The Tirzah shop is finally here, y’all! And we are incredibly excited to share it with YOU! In the shop, you’ll find our signature print featuring our community’s motto: “Perhaps you were created for...
View ArticleIn a World of Glow Sticks, Be a Light Bulb!
In one of my favorite movies, The Lion King, Mufasa and Simba are having a conversation about the kingdom. Mufasa: “Look, Simba. Everything the light touches is our kingdom.” Young Simba: “Wow.” One of...
View ArticleThanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a bittersweet holiday for me. I adore that our nation takes at least this one day of the year to thank God for how incredibly blessed we are. But, I am saddened that it’s only one day....
View ArticleAdvent Devotionals Coming Nov. 29
Our community of writers has come together to bring you a series of Advent devotionals from November 29 to December 20. In October, we talked about why Christians shouldn’t celebrate Halloween. A few...
View ArticleThe Journey of Ruth
Most of us experience seasons in life when the dry places of the heart feel just like a desert. Spiritual rain is scarce, bitter pain destroys flowers of hope, and confusion clouds any rays of...
View ArticleAn Invitation to do Accountability Differently
Raised in the heart of pop culture, Ryan Gosling, and CosmoGirl, I was crazy about boys and ready to dive into a Nicholas Sparks passionate romance as soon as I was liberated from the incarceration of...
View ArticleFinding Community In a New Place
I am an individualist. I prefer things done by my way because I think it’s the best solution. You may understand me. Sometimes, I prefer to work alone rather than in a team. But when I look at Jesus,...
View ArticleAre You Lusting After Mr. Right?
The word “lust” brings a lot of bad images to mind. We think of boys hiding behind screens of pornography, that girl from your high school who always winded up in the backseat of a boy’s car, and all...
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