Category Archives: blogging

How Meaningful Is Your Job, and Your Life?

Posted on September 5, 2016 by This Woman Writes

The other day I chatted with a young woman who was excited about her first “real” job, that of a counselor working with troubled and potentially suicidal clients. “It’s good to be doing something that means something, you know?” she … Continue reading →

Posted in america, blogging, children, Christian, church, Culture, Daily Life, Faith, Family, God, inspirational, Job, Life, Lifestyle, religion, simple living, Uncategorized, Work | Tagged Christian, firefighter, God, job, life, work | 6 Comments

The Christian Worship of Numbers

Posted on April 12, 2016 by This Woman Writes

In a society controlled by corporations, one in which people equal units and units equal money, numbers reign supreme. After all, the more people who respond to your ad, attend your seminar, vote for your candidate, or attend your church, the more … Continue reading →

Posted in blogging, Christian, church, Culture, Daily Life, Encouragement, Faith, Family, God, home, Life, Lifestyle, religion, Social Media, spirituality, Uncategorized | Tagged church, Facebook, followers, God, Jesus, numbers | 2 Comments

Blogging Pays — Even When You Don’t Make Money At It

Posted on September 28, 2015 by This Woman Writes

“The good person out of the good treasure of the heart produces good . . . for it is out of the abundance of the heart that the mouth speaks.” (Luke 6:45) If you blog, for any reason, you’ve no … Continue reading →

Posted in blogging, Christian, Culture, Current Events, Faith, Family, home, Life, Lifestyle, simple living, Social Media, Uncategorized | Tagged alternative, blogging, Christian, make a difference, money, ordinary people, real | 53 Comments

Why You Don’t — And Won’t — Fit In

Posted on September 23, 2015 by This Woman Writes

“They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.” John 17:16 If you did not fit into the group at high school, you won’t fit into our contemporary corporate-based society. That’s the bad news … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, blogging, Christian, Culture, Current Events, Faith, Family, home, Life, Lifestyle, school | Tagged acceptance, Christianity, church, corporate, Franklin Graham, group, Jesus, school | 43 Comments

Fomenting Hate Divides Us — and Divided, We Are Weak

Posted on July 9, 2015 by This Woman Writes

“From now on, five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.” (Luke 12:52) I was chatting with a Millennial the other day. Millennials, if you haven’t noticed, are popular in corporatized America. This group of people … Continue reading →

Posted in blogging, Christian, Daily Life, Faith, Family, mass media, News, Uncategorized | Tagged america, Christianity, generation gap, God, hate, Millennial, movies, news, TV | 3 Comments

Love, from Paris

Posted on May 11, 2015 by This Woman Writes

The story of the painting Love, from Paris by Steve Henderson Fine Art. There’s something about Paris, France that is timeless in its sense of vogue. And there’s something, as well, about the sophisticated classiness of the 1940s and 1950s. … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Beauty, blogging, Culture, decor, Family, fashion, fine art, home, inspirational, interior decorating, Life, Lifestyle, nostalgia, painting, travel, Uncategorized | Tagged Eiffel Tower, fine art, France, love, painting, Paris, travel | Leave a comment

Why It’s Important for Christians to READ

Posted on April 22, 2015 by This Woman Writes

Our little library is literally just that — quite little — but it has a generous attitude toward ordering inter-library loan books for patrons, and our family must use up a good portion of their budget each year. We read … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, blogging, books, Christian, Daily Life, devotional, Education, Encouragement, Faith, Family, home, homeschooling, inspirational, Life, Lifestyle, religion, self-improvement, spirituality, Uncategorized | Tagged Bible, book, Christian, education, reading, TV | 4 Comments

What Richard Dawkins Teaches Us about God

Posted on April 17, 2015 by This Woman Writes

Many Christians get angry at prominent atheist Richard Dawkins because he speaks out so forcibly against Christianity, God, and the Bible. It’s silly, really, to get angry at such an angry man, one whose bias against God is so strong, … Continue reading →

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“Why Do You Keep Doing Things That Hurt You?”

Posted on April 15, 2015 by This Woman Writes

It’s amazing how often we don’t listen to our friends and family who have some fairly intelligent things to say. (The inverse of this is that we pay undue attention to others who frequently don’t care about us at all or … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, blogging, church, Culture, Daily Life, decor, devotional, Encouragement, Faith, Family, fine art, home, inspirational, Life, Lifestyle, Relationships, religion, self-improvement, spirituality | Tagged abuse, Christianity, church, fellowship, God | 6 Comments

Just How Equal Are We in Our Society?

Posted on April 10, 2015 by This Woman Writes

I live in a theoretically egalitarian society. I say theoretically because, although the Declaration of Independence which we, in my country, purport to honor, accept, and abide by (along with the Constitution of the United States) avers that “all men are … Continue reading →