Church hunting in 2023 has been quite the eye-opening endeavor. Let me start by saying there is no such thing as a perfect church, because churches are made up of imperfect people! Additionally, we all have our preferences: different people prefer different music, preaching styles, location, church size, etc. The problem, we discovered while scouring…
Author: Angela
Christian. Wife. Bonus mom.
Finding Your Happy Place
They say if you look back at what you used to love as a kid, you’ll find what you were meant to do as an adult. For example, if you were intrigued by how things were put together, so much so that you ripped your toys apart just for the fun of reassembling them, you…
And Just Like That…
Our church is closing. The news came seemingly out of nowhere. I love our church. We’ve grown close with the other families. I looked forward to seeing our elementary and preschool kids grow into teens and adulthood together. It intrigued me to wonder what they would be like as they matured and found their niche…
The Real Deal
I’ve been questioning God for a while now. It just seems so unfair. Why would he set things up this way? It’s cruel, really. I’m sure most of you will agree. Why do all things delicious have to be bad for your health? Why does nutritious food taste like actual dirt (looking at you, beets!)?…
Home Sweet Homemaking
One morning as breakfast was finishing up, a mother asked her child what she might like to be when she grew up. The child thought for a moment and then answered hesitantly, “A baker?”. “Oh!” the mother said, giving the stovetop a final swipe with her sponge, “That would be fun! Anything else?” The child…
Be Encouraged
This is for the Christian who sees the world running gleefully-blindly-as fast as they can into the outstretched arms of the enemy of their souls. It’s for the Christian who is not taken in by the snake-charmers’ song: the deceptive, twisted, soothing tune sung over a generation of somnambulists: so seduced by a dream world…
This Is Us
Jackie Hill Perry once said, “If you’re not having fun when you sin, you’re doing it wrong.” She isn’t lying. If sin wasn’t appealing, we wouldn’t fall for it so often! We are presented with thousands of choices every single day, and sometimes the pull to give in to what’s easy or gratifying in the…
Now Trending…
I’ve noticed a trend in television. Every time they have a Christian character on a show, it’s never just a nice, normal family. No! All Christians, according to NBC, at least, are tent revival pastors who marry child brides or, better yet, doomsday preppers who get trapped in their poorly-ventilated bomb shelters. More and more…
Hope Is Not a Strategy
I’ve apparently reached that fun stage of life where I get to experience the unforeseen joy of things that can only be labeled unglamorously as “gallbladder issues”. In April last year I spent a week in misery and all loathsome symptoms (you can look them up if you want to but let’s just say I…
Practical Gifts and an Extravagant God
I am a practical gift giver. You won’t catch me meandering through H&M at the mall hoping the perfect present for each family member will just jump out at me from the shelves. Nope. If I love you, you’re going to get wool socks and a kindling splitter. Winter is coming and heat is expensive….
Living Well 