Category Archives: Culture

If He’s Famous, and He Says It, Do We Believe It?

Posted on January 14, 2015 by This Woman Writes

We are a culture saturated in celebrity worship. This isn’t surprising, given that mass media — through TV, movies, social media, newspapers, magazines, advertising, and incessant digital nagging from our “smart” phones — infects every moment of our lives. (We … Continue reading →

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God Just Called Himself a Chicken!

Posted on January 12, 2015 by This Woman Writes

When someone calls us a chicken, most of us don’t take it as a compliment. But when God describes Himself as a chicken, as He does in Luke 14:34-35, it’s worth pausing over the passage and meditating: “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, … Continue reading →

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Big Business Christianity

Posted on January 10, 2015 by This Woman Writes

As Christians, we talk, and think, a lot like office workers: We are intentional. We are dynamic. We are community. We work as a team and we are family. We pursue excellence. We focus on numbers — those sitting in … Continue reading →

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Half Empty? or Half Full?

Posted on January 6, 2015 by This Woman Writes

The story of the painting September, by Steve Henderson, at Start Your Week with Steve. Autumn is such a happy time. Those who tend to see the glass half-empty point out that it’s a time of everything dying, and the … Continue reading →

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Who Rules Our Lives — God, or Church?

Posted on January 5, 2015 by This Woman Writes

Politics, like economics, history, and world news, tend to bore a lot of people, resulting in too few people taking an active and regular interest in what is going on around them. The problem is less that the subjects are boring (they’re … Continue reading →

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Worshiping the Wrong God

Posted on December 31, 2014 by This Woman Writes

Stop me if you’ve heard this one: “I don’t want to pray for patience, because if I do, God will send all sorts of bad things my way to teach me!” It’s supposed to be a joke, a lighthearted look … Continue reading →

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Why Flowers Are More Important Than Stock Options

Posted on December 30, 2014 by This Woman Writes

The story of the painting, Rhapsody of Roses, by Steve Henderson at Start Your Week with Steve. Rhapsody of Roses is a floral song of exuberant joy, capturing color and form against a soft setting of light against textile. The roses … Continue reading →

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Does Leaving Church Mean Leaving Our Friends?

Posted on December 24, 2014 by This Woman Writes

For many people, the one thing that stands between their leaving a church situation that is not working for them, or staying within and being unhappy, is friendship. Understandably, wherever we spend our time is where we make friends, colleagues, acquaintances, and … Continue reading →

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All Wrapped Up in Christmas? Do It Right.

Posted on December 23, 2014 by This Woman Writes

The story of the painting, All Wrapped Up, by Steve Henderson at Start Your Week with Steve: All Wrapped Up catches Santa in the midst of a frenzy of paper and ribbons, to the point that he is one with … Continue reading →

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Leaving Church

Posted on December 22, 2014 by This Woman Writes

Leaving church — whether a specific fellowship or the industrial model altogether — is not a decision people make lightly. Nor is it one that others take well, and if you are in the process of dropping out of a … Continue reading →

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