Category Archives: Daily Life

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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The Lost Christians of America

Posted on May 5, 2016 by This Woman Writes

If you underwent any sort of Christian religious conversion, you probably took few breaths as a new, spiritual babe in the kingdom of God before you were plonked on a pew to begin absorbing all you need to know to … Continue reading →

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Something to Remember When You Feel Afraid

Posted on April 21, 2016 by This Woman Writes

Just a thought for today. I’ll let Emerson, and the image, speak for themselves.

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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 →

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Housewives, Unemployed, and Other Invisible People

Posted on March 21, 2016 by This Woman Writes

We live in a society that validates — or condemns — people based upon the title of their occupation, and how much they make doing it. To this end, we are conditioned to see people like doctors, lawyers, priests, U.S. … Continue reading →

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Illiterate American Christianity

Posted on March 7, 2016 by This Woman Writes

There is a religious ditty that, once you hear it, sticks in your mind forever: Read your Bible pray every day, pray every day, pray every day Read your Bible pray every day And you’ll grow, grow, grow. And, because people … Continue reading →

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Why Your Life on This Planet Means Something

Posted on February 27, 2016 by This Woman Writes

All human beings like to feel that we have a reason for existing. It’s not narcissistic: created in the image of a creative God, we have it in us — in our genes, in our DNA, in our soul, in our … Continue reading →

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How To Leave Church, Properly, without Mistakes

Posted on January 12, 2016 by This Woman Writes

You can be sure that, if there is anything you want learn how to do, there is a book written on it. You can also be sure that most of the self-assistance books (especially the ones that trumpet being “Everything You … Continue reading →

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Leaving Church: Is It Rebellious, or Obedient?

Posted on December 31, 2015 by This Woman Writes

A reader recently wrote me concerning her leaving the established church. As with most of us who go through this process, she finds herself isolated from people she had grown to believe were friends, or at least “brothers and sisters … Continue reading →

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Fear Mongering

Posted on October 14, 2015 by This Woman Writes

“For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline.” (2 Timothy 1:7) The Facebook term “news feed,” which describes the constant update of links, posts, videos, and chatter from … Continue reading →