He held up a high-waisted, navy and white striped A-line skirt. "This would look really cute on you. You should try it on!" Ike suggested. I pursed my lips in...
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Have you ever received a compliment that made you feel worse? I once received one of those compliments at a women's church event. It wasn't a back-handed compliment and it...
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Sarah laughed right in God's face. Do you remember that story? Sarah, the wife of Abraham, was old and barren. She was long past her child-bearing years, so when she...
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Over the years I have read the story of Esther many times. I've even seen the Veggie Tales movie version. It's a powerful story about a courageous woman, and who...
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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...
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This past weekend I attended the Calvin Festival of Faith and Writing. I didn't really know what to expect (it was my first "writers conference" in my life!) but my...
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On Thursday, my friend and colleague Caryn Rivadeneira wrote a provocative and controversial post for Her.meneutics in which she addressed Jessica Simpson's latest cover photo for Elle Magazine. In case...
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Well it's almost mid-May in Chicago which, I am learning, means that Spring is finally starting to peek out from under the frozen tundra. It's not in full bloom, mind...
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In my last post I told you about an interview I had scheduled for this this week on the True Sisterhood Podcast. Today I want to fill you in on...
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About a month and a half ago I posted an entry called Taking Off Your Makeup, and this past week a version of it was re-posted on Christianity Today's blog...
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