Jen and her boyfriend are a wonderful Christian couple, but they are also busy people. Wait…let me rephrase that, they are extremely busy people. In fact, one week their calendars were so full, they only had one open spot: Friday evening. So, they scheduled a date for that night. Then, Wednesday evening, Jen got a…
It took me four years into my marriage to learn to place God, rather than a man who loved me, on a pedestal. I woke up and sat on the side of the bed after a peaceful night’s sleep having no idea that Greg had tossed and turned next to me all night long. With…
I have spent a lot of time in the greeting card aisle of many stores. I pour over the cards, reading and re-reading them until I narrow it down to the card that has just the right message to convey my feelings. I do this for each person for whom I buy a card. Every…
Recently I was in an airport bookstore and accidentally spilled some of my hot tea on the floor. Since I did not have anything to wipe spill, I told the two clerks what I had done. “Thank you for telling us,” one clerk said, as she phoned for a cleaning person. The other clerk nodded. “You…
Everyone has a sexual past. Everyone. Even the most pious, religious, church-going, prudish person has stories to share about his or her sexuality. It’s easy to look at the person who’s never had sex before and dismiss the rest of their sexual history. There is such a value placed on sexual intercourse that anything but…
