Category Archives: children

Driven to Succeed — and Discontent

Posted on January 30, 2020 by This Woman Writes

We are a driven people. And whether what drives us is ambition or anger, pressure or fear or desire or purpose, the result is that we never rest. There is always something we need to do to move forward, to … Continue reading →

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Children Have Something to Teach Adults

Posted on July 31, 2019 by This Woman Writes

Children see the world differently — and adults can learn from their viewpoint. Continue reading →

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God Wants Us to Be Children, Not Stuffy, Boring, Arrogant Grown-ups

Posted on March 7, 2019 by This Woman Writes

Children are fascinating. Oh, I know — kids are messy, noisy, disruptive. They break things, fall down and cry, tease one another, and chase any sensible cat or dog from the room simply by walking into it. But they are … Continue reading →

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Think Like a Child

Posted on February 25, 2019 by This Woman Writes

Do you remember how you used to think as a child? Most of us don’t. Inoculated by the education and entertainment industries, we learned — while still far too young – to prize being cool over being honest. More important … Continue reading →

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When Bad Things Happen, It’s Not Because We’re Bad

Posted on November 7, 2017 by This Woman Writes

Too many Christians believe that they are unsatisfactory to God, and His primary purpose is to punish them for wrongdoing — in order to make them “better.” Why kind of father thinks like this? Continue reading →

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Blessed Are the Rejects

Posted on March 20, 2017 by This Woman Writes

Maybe it’s because we live in the country and don’t have a proper lawn, but I really like dandelions. To most (urban/suburban) people focused on keeping that living carpet pristinely green, dandelions are a scourge, a pest, an abomination that … Continue reading →

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Who Cares Who You Voted for — Whom Do You Love?

Posted on November 16, 2016 by This Woman Writes

The peculiar thing about living in a mass media culture is that we feel as if we know people we actually know nothing about, like Don, or Hillary, Barack, George Jr. and his good old dad, Ron, Bill, Beyonce, Oprah, … Continue reading →

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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 →

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It’s Okay to Do Nothing for God

Posted on March 14, 2016 by This Woman Writes

Sometimes, doing nothing is what God wants us to do. It’s a difficult concept, this doing nothing, conditioned as we are through multiple weekly church inculcations to see works as a means of expressing our faith: we attend services and … Continue reading →

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Attack and Kill-Style Christianity

Posted on February 15, 2016 by This Woman Writes

No matter how much TV we watch, Facebook we follow, or YouTubes of inane music videos we ingest — in other words, no matter what our level of apathy and willingness to allow others to control our minds — we … Continue reading →

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