Messy Christian recently wrote about "being real" and honest within the Christian community. Before I discovered such a concept as "Authentic Christianity", to survive as a Christian I had to put on my best mask to deceive others into thinking...
Yesterday, on Christianity Today's site, I read a lady's personal account of the sexual harassment she faced from her employer. It was... thought-provoking. I wondered whether the husband could or should have taken a more active role in protecting her...
I hate change. I really, really do. Then again, maybe I don't. Maybe I'm just scared of change. (I can hear Bob making squawking chicken noises already...) It's funny, though: the two most major changes in my life to date,...
I need weekends to recover from my weekends. It's just that, well, weekends are the only time I have to schedule meetings and appointments, catch up with friends, pursue other interests & projects, and all that, so my weekends end...
I was talking to someone recently about the way certain quarters of Christianity are always trying to do stuff to make our message appear more "relevant" to today's society, culture and/or young people. Thankfully, the subject's not such a hot...
I spent the last two days at a women's conference organised by my church. You know how at the start of most conferences or camps, you always get asked what your expectations are? I wasn't sure what my expectations were....
My brain's fried. I haven't been writing much lately coz somehow there doesn't seem to be much that's worth saying. Plus, I'm dealing with some stuff that's going on inside of me, so that's sort of taking up quite a...
I drove 4 hours just to get to sleep lots in an air-conditioned hotel room and comfortable bed. I can't believe I slept that much. Usually, when I'm tired, I don't give myself permission to sleep; I just push myself...
My church launched an MYR$25million building project at our 25th anniversary dinner on Sunday. I suddenly found myself in the unenviable position of trying not to let my (unfortunate) experience with a previous church prejudice me too badly. Our senior...
Janelle sends me an Easter card from Scotland every year. It amazes me, coz I can't even remember when Easter is. It was worse this year. I didn't believe the first person who told me Easter was on March 27....
I'm trying to work through some stuff with God at the moment, and the lady I spoke to from church said I have to be honest with Him. The problem is not in being honest (after all, He already knows...
I was re-reading Isaiah 54:10 last night because somebody mentioned it to me. Somebody who had no idea what that verse even said. She'd had to look it up in her Bible, then frowned at it puzzledly, and finally said,...
Recently, I was reading a small booklet by local author Dr Lee Bee Teik. Its intriguing title -- The Forgotten Teenagers -- caught my eye. In it, Dr Lee quotes a teenager from one of David Wilkerson's books, Beyond the...
It's one thing to be honest with yourself and with God, but I'm starting to realise that there's a reaaaallllyyy thin line between honesty and pure self-pity. After a while it's like, "This is how I feel... sob sob... moan...