How to Be a Strong-Willed & Submissive Wife

I wasn’t raised around very many self-declared feminists. I didn’t even see very many “egalitarian” marriages modeled. I knew strong-willed women, but they never appeared to be the dominant one in their relationship. When I went to college, I declared myself an anti-feminist, then met a man who served in a church denomination that was …

How Marriage Threatened my Relationship with Jesus

The Single Years My freshman year in college, I didn’t feel I was making friends very quickly. One day, on the advice of my youth pastor, I picked whatever room had the door open, walked in, sat on the floor, and joined the conversation. The room belonged to two girls from Michigan who will never …

Child Technology, Leaders with Numbers, & Respect-Earning Husbands

10 Reasons Why Handheld Devices Should be Banned - An incredibly intriguing read on the various ways technology can effect child development in negative ways due to a lack of parental involvement. As I read, I'm storing tidbits away for my future. Those of you already parenting, what are your thoughts and parenting strategies when …

Guys, Ask Her Out

This one goes out to all the men (not boys). In a blog I wrote a year ago, She Kissed Dating Goodbye… But He Didn’t, I talked about my observations on the dating scene at my Christian college. What started this whole thought process was a conversation I overheard between some guys at the coffee …