Tag: modesty
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Dear 13 Year Old Me

Dear Thirteen Year Old Me, I have such a myriad of memories of you. With your rainbow beaded dangly earrings from Claire’s and your camoflauge pants from Limited Too, you are full of life and zest and so many questions. I remember when you woke up on the day of your 13th birthday, the weightiness…
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What Does Being a Woman Have to do With Worship?

Learning to worship God in all things, including what we wear and why we work.
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Why I Believe Modesty is So Very Important

So, this post blog post has been rolling around in my head like one of those little balls in a pin ball machine (like a real pin ball machine, not some app). To post, or not to post. To open this Pandora’s box, or to leave it safely shut from public opinion. What I write…
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Should Girls Be So Focused on Self Esteem?

I’m beginning to think self -esteem is way overrated. A few months ago, I heard Korie Robertson speak at Story line Conference in Chicago. You know Korie, Duck Dynasty wife, beautiful woman, wife to Willie? She wrote a book, which, lamentably, I have not yet read, but I feel confident enough to go ahead and recommend…
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What It Really Looks Like to Follow Christ

Last night I went to see The Letters with a good friend. It’s an amazing film about Mother Teresa. I’m saddened to say I never knew the hardship she faced from so many for simply serving the poor. Yet she never wavered. She was firm and bold in her convictions, yet she was submitted to…
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What Does it Mean to Be a Woman?
What Does it Mean to Be a Woman? I ask myself this question often. When I am deciding what to wear, early in the morning, before I work out, before I go to work. I ask myself as I encounter people at home and at the coffee shop, as I eat and as I cook.…