Tag: relationships
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Dear Men, I’m Not Angry at You.
I have a firm belief there exists a silent group of women. They are fierce and bold, but you rarely hear from them. Too often, they are drowned out by the voices of other women who will not be silenced. The group of women to which I refer is the group who is not angry…
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Why Does it Hurt so Much?
I’m standing in church this morning during worship. Surrounded by hundreds of people worshipping God fearlessly and beautifully. And what is the thought that comes rushing into my head, right past the bethel music lyrics on my tongue? What if someone came into the church right now and started shooting? What if that story became…
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How to Have Counter-Cultural Opinions Without Offending Anyone
This has been my struggle lately. I look at the way the world is turning, and how seemingly concrete things like gender and marriage and the right to life are being questioned like never before. Sometimes I post my thoughts about certain issues, and ‘m really not trying to be controversial, I just really feel…
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The Fatal Flaw of My Generation
Amy March said something poignant in Little Women. She said “We’re all going to grow up sometime; we might as well know what we want.” I look around me and see an appalling lack of desire in my generation. Perhaps, in an effort to be holy, we surrendered our desires at the foot of the…
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Why Gender Matters, Part 2
I’m in the midst of a little blog series about gender and why it’s important. I think if God made two very different genders to carry forth the human race, then he was really thinking intentionally and there are things about his character he wants to reveal in each unique gender. You can read Part…
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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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In a Season of Transition
Oh hello, little blog of mine, and friends who read it. It’s been a minute. I have so much to catch you up on, I scarcely know where to begin. If your life has been going anything like mine, the word transition has come up a lot, a whole lot. Let me tell you a…
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10 Thoughts on Dating (from someone who has never dated)
Just what you were looking for. Unsolicited advice on a topic with which the writer has no personal experience. Buckle your seat belt. It’s going to be a wild ride. A few things before we begin. I hope to encourage you, not discourage or judge you in any way. I do not claim to be…
Sarah D. Shearer 