Review: Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University — Some Preliminary Thoughts As I’ve progressed through my divorce and on to single motherhood, the thought has occurred to me: money has been and continues to be a significant source of stress for me. Here’s the thing: around the time that I got pregnant with my daughter (2005-2006), […] Read more…
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The Emotional Affair: What It Is, and Isn’t
[Harry was funny. But he was WRONG!] (Part 2 of 3) (Continued from Part 1) Platonic Friendships & Relationships Let’s touch first on platonic friendships and other types of relationships between the sexes that can be intimate and even affectionate, but are not meant to be romantic or sexual. Doctor-patient, professor-student, lawyer-client, and mentor-disciple are […] Read more…
Should you tithe on child support?
You are a single Christian parent and you have a goal of giving a fixed percentage of your income to God. [1] You are also either paying or receiving child support. When you calculate how much you intend to tithe, do you include child support payments received as part of your income? Or, if you […] Read more…
The Emotional Affair: What It Is, and Isn’t
(Part 1 of 3) I’m a Christian woman. A feminist. And a person whose marriage ended in large part because of my ex-husband’s emotional affair with another woman. When I try to explain that last part to people, I generally get a lot of confused looks. “He had a what type of affair with another […] Read more…
Table Time
I’ve had it on my heart to blog about this, and this past Saturday it came up from two separate sources: once at an appointment I was at that morning, and once in the Willow Creek sermon by Steve Carter that evening. So I guess that means I need to blog about it! As a […] Read more…
The discipline of less
I recently read The Simple Living Handbook: Discover the Joy of a De-Cluttered Life by Lorilee Lippincott (Skyhorse, 2013). I actually have plenty to say in criticism of the book (I gave it only 2 out of 5 stars on GoodReads, and will review it here when I get the chance), but parts of it were […] Read more…
5 Unconventional Places for the Busy Mom (or Dad) to Pray
I’m kind of a sucky pray-er, and it’s my own fault. I think I always used to feel like my praying had to be perfect or else there was no point. Lights off, quiet place, on my knees, no distractions. I’ve learned since then that some praying is better than no praying, and while getting […] Read more…
