For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. -Philippians 1:21 A major facet of the modern teen culture is the idea of finding your personal identity. According to Erik Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development, between the ages of 12 to 18, adolescents reach stage number five. The stage of Identity…
When Your Credentials Get a Fever
About a year ago, in an attempt to win the Insane Mother of the Year award, I took my poor little family, struggling with sore throats, runny noses, and fevers, on a roughly fourteen hour each way trip to New York City for my college roommate’s wedding. If it had been for anything else (OK,…
A New Chapter of At The Well
Dear Sweet and Faithful Readers, It’s a new year. And, with new years, come new beginnings and a new chapter ready to write. How thankful I am for new beginnings. Sometimes, however, new beginnings and changes can be hard. I find myself in that position right now. As of January 1st, At the Well is…
Winter Warmth
Living in the north, the winters can seem long and dreary. The days are gray and dark. The colors of the earth are wrapped in drabness. Fresh fallen snow, in all its beauty, can give a reprieve of the monotony. But for me, as the winter drags on, it can become easy to feel sluggish…
Fear and Grace
Six years ago I nearly died of pneumonia. It is something I have looked back on ever after to help me understand strength in the face of trials. Not my own strength. God’s. It wasn’t just that He gave the doctors wisdom, or that He enabled me to get the right antibiotics, or even that…
A Marriage Made in Heaven
Every little girl dreams about her wedding day. A big, beautiful church, decorated with flowers, upon flowers, upon flowers, tied up in large ribbons; An organ playing “Here comes the bride!”; And the dress…oh that dress! I confess to having been a bit addicted to bridal magazines during the period of time leading up…
It’s a New Day!
Do not remember the former things, Nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness And rivers in the desert. Isaiah 43:18-19 It’s a new day! It’s a new year! I love…
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