Posts by writingjoy
Dave Ramsey Doesn’t Need Your Help
It doesn’t take long to name recent well-known powerful people and their businesses for whom Christians have taken up. The owners of Chick-fil-A. Dave Ramsey. Sarah Palin. That one dude on Duck Dynasty. We call it “Culture Wars” and we take it so very seriously. How you ever stopped to ask why we do that?…
Read MoreIndependence: the False Gospel Destroying American Christianity
The second hardest life lesson I’ve had to confront is asking for help. The hardest one has been actually accepting the help. (Note: I haven’t mastered either one yet.) I’ve always been a capable person with the full calendar and resume to prove it. But ever since our oldest daughter was born with life-threatening complications, it was like having…
Read MoreSummer in New York City (Part 3 of How We Met)
I’ve been writing about how my husband and I met and got together, especially since I had decided guys named Scott were bad news and he was very much Not Looking. It definitely helped that he was a letter-writer and I had an adventurous streak. This is part 3. Summer in the City For 12 glorious weeks, I…
Read MoreDating Other People (How We Met, Part 2)
Yesterday, I shared the first part of the story of how Scott and I met. Today, I’m sharing a second part of the story. (Yes, that means there’s a third part. I’m on a roll!) Letters. On Paper. Mailed with Stamps! A few casual dates, one formal one (Scott asked me to the Junior-Senior Banquet—a banquet and…
Read MoreThrowback Thursday on the Blog: How We Met
Normally, Throwback Thursday is an Instagram thing and a hashtag (#tbt or #throwbackthursday). But I found the entire story of how Scott and I ended up together today and thought I’d post it. The Mikes It was 1996 at Cedarville College, and I was a sophomore. “The Mikes” (Mike E and Mike M) sat behind…
Read MoreIf Only: Letting Go of Regret
“No regrets.” Sprayed across t-shirts, bumper stickers, and posters, these words were the 80s version of today’s YOLO (You Only Live Once) and Horace’s “carpe diem.” We have so many sayings like this, reminders that life is short, you can’t count on tomorrow, so don’t miss opportunities, that you’d think we all know exactly how to live…
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