I still remember sitting in that tiny room at the OB’s office, waiting to hear the results of my glucose test. I was at the stage in my pregnancy when I couldn’t get comfortable in any position, and the examining room didn’t help. I was perched high on a stiff bed covered in crumply, white,…
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Category: Body Image
You are not an object. You are a person.
I can’t believe it’s been 2 weeks since I last posted! Sorry folks! Last week Ike and I flew down to North Carolina to surprise my mother-in-law for her 60th birthday, so I had to go silent on social media. I didn’t want to risk spilling the beans. Fortunately, she was TOTALLY surprised and delighted…
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Hypocrisy and Authenticity: A Lesson from Lady Gaga
In case you missed it, Lady Gaga made headlines last week when she posted online pictures of herself wearing nothing but her underwear. The photos, she explained on her website, were a response to media criticism of her weight gain. Reportedly gaining around 25 pounds, Lady Gaga quickly became the subject of tabloid fodder. So,…
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Body Image: A Hopelessly Broken Vessel
As you can probably tell from the several posts I have now devoted to the topic, pregnancy weight gain has been one of the more, um, challenging aspects of pregnancy for me. I haven’t loved it, although God has used it to teach me a lot about myself and my faith. While I continue to…
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What Really Happened in the Garden?
I think there is some confusion among Christians about what happened in the Garden of Eden immediately following the Fall. The confusion is not universal, but over the last couple months I have noticed some troubling statements in blog comment sections about what the Fall and the curse mean for us today. To be a…
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