Hey there, beloved! Being able to claim that I’ve been alive for two decades is both super cool and super disturbing. I’m uncomfortable with decades, unless we’re talking roaring ’20s. I’d love to share with you guys 20 lessons I’ve learned from life, one for each year I’ve been alive. Don’t be afraid to start …
We had Pray Day last week, beloved ones, and this week we’re doing Devo Day! (P.S. When I say devo, I’m referring to devotions, or intentionally planned time with God involving His Word; I didn’t used to know what this word was!) You can do Devotions Day any day, of course but this Wednesday (May …
review written by lisa elis of Inkwell Hello again everyone! It’s already March, but I have finally finished reading OBO book club’s read for February, Adventures in Saying Yes by Carl Medearis. Read my introduction post here, or if you already have, let’s dive right in. expectations + how they were met So I expected …
Why can nothing truly satisfy us? School started a couple weeks ago, and I’m in a biblical counseling class. My teacher said something that really got me started thinking: “There’s no one way of conducting psychotherapy that works for everyone, everywhere. If there were, all the psychologists would be using it and no one would …
Perhaps you guys remember my review of Robin Jones Gunn’s Becoming Us. I have a soft spot for Robin’s books because they helped steer me in the right direction during my teen years and help me see the practical side of Christianity. So I was THRILLED when my dad threw an envelope my direction and …
This special feature article, written by Olivia Nickerson, wasn’t in our latest issue of OBO! Enjoy this bonus feature as a blog reader. Lucky you! It will be the New Year by the time you read this article, despite my writing it in November 2019. I can’t believe how fast 2019 went by, and I …
Here we go, cruising right into the Roaring Twenties! It’s been a crazy year . . . lots of amazing things, lots of hard things. We love a good introspective session and we’re also suckers for cutely designed workbooks so we combined the two to create this FREE reflect + plan workbook. You don’t even …
These are the questions don’t voice. The ones we keep tucked deep in our minds, our hearts. The ones we whisper in the dark at night when things are just too hard. God, can you really answer this prayer? Welcome to the fourth episode of our Beloved Chat YouTube series. We’re talking about whether God …
Addictions are rabid. They are overwhelming, made up of a combination of physical and psychological needs. It’s your body telling you that you need it. It’s your mind saying you can’t survive without it. But addictions aren’t just physical. They could be ideas or concepts. They aren’t black and white either: not just plain old …
I’m so funny sometimes. As a writer, I perpetually see my life as a story. Sometimes it helps me to get through things better. Sometimes it leads to me being way too fanciful and looking for the happy ending at the end of the saga. The thing is, there may be a happy ending, but …
