Awkward Christian
Dear Awkward, I’ve felt like a walking disaster since being in junior high around all the “churched” kids. I failed sword drills and just about everything since. But I love Jesus with all my heart and I know He sees the true me. I married a Christian man who suffered greatly in his youth at …
Dear Awkward: Help! My family is a crazy mess at church.Read More
This is going to make me sound like a misanthrope, but I hate greeting people on Sundays. At my church’s weekly service, a pastor gives the announcements, dismisses the children for Sunday school, and then cheerfully announces that we should greet the people around us in the pews. On the worst days, they give us …
When I Hate Greeting People on Sundays: For SheLovesRead More
Dear Awkward, Several years ago, our family got involved in fostering children with significant medical needs. The nudge to do so came from the teachings of our church…to love God and to love people. But, the very church family who encouraged us to jump in did not throw the life-preserver we expected. Fostering got hard. …
When my friend Amy told me about her impromptu Fourth of July party, I didn’t want her news to be a punch in the gut. Her gathering had been last-minute: four families my husband and I had recently befriended had celebrated with a casual barbecue. Not knowing our schedule as well as they knew each …
5 Truths about Community that Will Help You Feel Less LonelyRead More
