In world of feminism, many women would disagree with the message of this article. Why should women be told to restrict what they can or cannot wear? Isn’t this old-fashioned? I remember being 16 years old, and my 10 year old brother telling me that my outfit was too “showy” to go out in. At first [...]
Archive for May, 2011
Can People Really Tell Women What To Wear?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged beautiful women, beauty, christian feminism, feminism, gender equality, girls gone wise, gospel-centered life, gospel-centered women, how a christian woman should dress, how to be a beautiful christian, how to dress, image bearers, independent women, mary kassian, reflect our creator, the gospel, what not to wear, what not to wear by marry kassian, women. woman. what to wear, www.girlsgonewise.com on May 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
How You Can Help
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged @mysterychurch, acts 29, acts 29 mystery church, amarillo, deadly tornado, death toll tornadoes, f5 tornado, give money, give money joplin, give money mystery church, give money tornado victims, help joplin, how to help joplin, how to help tornado, how to help tornado victims, joplin, joplin missouri, joplin tornado, joplin twister, may 2011 tornadoes, may 22 2011, most deadly tornado, most violent tornado, mystery, mystery church, mystery church joplin, new on twitter, news about tornadoes, North Ministry, the red cross, the red cross joplin, tornado, tornado alley, tornado victims, tornadoes, twister, Twitter on May 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Tornadoes have devastated the heart of our country this week. The last several days have shown us some of the most violent storms our nation has ever seen. Eight hours from where I live Amarillo, in a place called Joplin, Missouri, a tornado touched down Sunday night. It is speculated that this tornado is the [...]
Will the World End Tomorrow?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged end of the world, how to be ready end of the world, how will the world end, is jesus coming back, is jesus coming back may 21, jesus coming back, left behind, may 21 2011, myth end of the world, rapture, revelation, scared jesus coming back, scared over end of world, second coming, when will jesus come, when will the end be, when will the second coming be, when will the world end on May 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Have questions about the “End Times”? Listen to this awesome podcast. “Taboo: End Times” (if the podcast isnt the first one up, scroll down to September 15, 2009) There has been tons of chatter around the world about whether or not Jesus will come back tomorrow, May 21st. There has been a group of people [...]
David and I would like to tell you a little secret….
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged a white stone blog, david and kate ritchie, having a baby, we are having a baby on May 18, 2011 | 10 Comments »
David and I would like to tell you our little secret…. This coming Christmas, we will be having our first baby! We are very excited and amazed by this miracle of life. And we felt like it was an appropriate time to let you in on our excitement. I am 10 weeks pregnant, and almost [...]
10 Ways to be Thankful, Even When You Don’t Feel It.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged anxiety, dealing with comparison, don't be distracted, don't feel happy, don't feel thankful, expectations, fear, fear of man, formational practices, getting over people pleasing, God is good, how to be thankful, how to be thankful when you don't feel it, how to not be distracted, Jesus, jesus christ, jesus help with anxiety, negative, people pleasing, positive, thankful to God, thankfulness on May 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
One of the first things we teach our children is to say, “Thank you”. But do we carry thankfulness into adulthood? I think adults are often the ones who need to be reminded to be thankful. I’m always amazed in my travels in third-world countries how thankful people are that have to little, deal with [...]
Should We Date?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged christian dating, christian engagement, christian marriage, christian romance, christian singleness, considering dating, dating, how to date, how to know whether to break up, how to know who is the one, is dating wrong, north, romance, ruth, should christians date, should i marry, signs of break up, trinity fellowship church on May 12, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Oh, the wonderful world of dating. I remember feeling like the whole world hinged on the decision to either date or not date a prospective boyfriend. I can’t imagine growing up in West Texas and feeling the pressure of everyone else’s world hinging on my dating experiences either. Ok, so maybe I’m using sarcasm to [...]
Let It Go.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged can god satisfy me, control my life, dealing with defeat, feeling like a failure, gain, gaining acceptance, happy mother's day, how can i find significance in life?, how to not feel like a failure, jealous, jealous of other people, life, love, mother's blog, mother's day, mother's day blog, my mom, not happy with life, proverbs 1, satisfaction, security, seeking, seeking in life, success, unjust gain, what is the meaning of life, what is the purpose of life, what will make me happy, what will make me happy in life on May 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »
“Such are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust gain; it takes away the life of its possessors.” Proverbs 1:19 What incredible wisdom this verse holds. Recently, I have found this proverb to be one of the most personally convicting verses in the entire Bible. When I greedily seek for myself that doesn’t [...]
Justice in Death: My thoughts on the demise of Osama Bin Laden.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 9/11, afghanistan, attack on united states, bin laden, death of osama, death of osama bin laden, facebook, justice, justice against evil, justice of God, justice on bin laden, love your enemies, news of osama, osama bin laden, pakistan, president obama, radical muslim, response as christians to osama bin laden, resurgence, terrorism, terrorist, terrorist attack on 911, twin towers, Twitter, war on terror, why we love justice, world trade center on May 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“…Every morning He shows forth His justice; each dawn He does not fail.” Zephaniah 3:5 Sunday night Facebook and Twitter erupted with the news, “Osama Bin Laden is dead.” I’ll never forget where I was when terrorists attacked our country almost ten years ago. I was getting ready for class and listening to the news, [...]