Making the Most of Senior Year
The time has finally arrived. Senior year of college. The passing of an era. The true passing of childhood into the adult world. If your college experience has been anything like mine, which I hope for...
View ArticleMaking Time For Self-Care In College
You walk onto your college campus for the first time, and it’s surreal; there’s a sort of nostalgia for memories you haven’t yet made. You look around at this brand new place that will someday contain...
View ArticleMy Battle With Mental Illness
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. –Philippians 4:6 My eyes were blurry with tears as I gazed at this verse...
View ArticleGod Takes Joy in Our Joy
A lot of my friends are having babies. Which means, a lot of my friends are posting a lot of pictures and videos of their adorable new little ones (this isn’t a rant, I promise– I love all the posts)....
View ArticleFinding a Voice in Poetry
I grew up by moving mountains with a mustard seed, they rose as my voice sung praises every morning. I was raised under a roof where we would share our reflections and adoration for God, how wonderful...
View ArticleJustice & Missions
I was in a hurry and lost. Angry with the awkward spring weather that demanded I wear a sweater for the chilly morning but after walking a few miles of the city in the noon day heat I was hot and a bit...
View ArticleTo The Christian College Freshman
You are constantly being told things like “the world is at your fingertips!” and “you can be anything you want to be!” …but you’re just wondering how you’re gonna be able to straighten the back of your...
View ArticleWorking for the Lord in the Workplace
Did you wake up today frustrated about work? Did you ask God, “Why do I work at this job or why am I at this job and not working in my field?” Trust me, I know that feeling. Perhaps you scrolled...
View ArticleHow My Last Year of Singleness Was One of My Best
My sisters always joked I was going to be an old maid by the time I found a man that met my standards. Sometimes, I believed them, and wondered if I was going to be single forever. And of course like...
View ArticleWhat No One Tells You About Overworking
Work, work, and more work. Recently, God convicted me on how much of a workaholic I am. And not in a good way. The consequence of this is not only physical but spiritual. Overworking to the point that...
View ArticleBeing a Friend to Yourself
I made it through my first year post-college. Man, it was a doozy. This year has been marked by the “hurt-so-good” kind of growth that you love but you also hate. The biggest growing pain I’ve...
View ArticleWhat I Would Tell My 18-Year-Old Self
To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven. -Ecclesiastes 3:1 Even though it has only been a year since I graduated from college, I look back at a lot of my experiences with...
View ArticleListening to His Silence
Transitions aren’t always necessarily about getting from Point A to Point B. Sometimes, transitions are just about resting. Now by rest, I don’t mean not doing anything. True rest can be so much more...
View ArticleJustice & Missions: Save Our Sisters
Justice & Missions is a monthly feature by our resident missionary, Amanda Goodroe, highlighting a variety of people, organizations, causes and stories to inspire you to give back and find the...
View ArticleHow to Talk to Someone Who Is Facing An Unplanned Pregnancy
What is your reaction when someone confesses to you? What do you do when you hear what happened to someone at your church, school or work? Do you embrace that person or reject them because of their...
View ArticleA Coffee Chat With Natalie Lewis, Author of Wholeheartedly
Hello, Tirzah readers! It’s Elizabeth Atkinson, managing editor at Tirzah. I’m happy to introduce a new series: interviews with Christian businesswomen, bloggers, authors, other magazines, and more....
View ArticleHow to Worship The Lord Through Your Female Friendships
Today was an interesting day with my women’s life group. You are probably wondering what on earth this has to do with worshipping Jesus, or even with anything at all. Let me tell you. What was the last...
View ArticleNot Your Average Single Girl
If I asked you to list a few of the top favorite “singleness” clichés people use, I’m sure you could rattle off several. I could. In my long season of singleness, everyone wanted to reassure me and...
View ArticleHow to Combat Disappointments
We can all relate to a time we were tired, worn out, stressed, pushed to our breaking point, and wondering where the God was. It’s those tests we studied our hardest for, only to receive a bad grade....
View ArticleWhat If My Talents Aren’t Any Good?
“Mattanah, I’m just being honest: you really don’t have any pitch.” I remember the day my close friend, Hannah, who is an incredibly gifted singer and worship leader at my church, told me the brutally...
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