What’s Wrong With Me?

Has there ever been a guy in your life who made you ask this question?  Or maybe it was a girl friend.  As soon as you started hanging out with this person, you started hating the way God made you.  You began to wish you were prettier, thinner, more athletic, more girly…just plain different.  The [...]

God of the Brokenhearted

Lately I’ve been wondering what it means to have a broken heart, because there are times when mine feels cracked around the edges.  I know what it is to cry myself to sleep.  I know that there are times when I wonder if anything will ever be the same again.  I know what it is to be [...]

Perfectly Matched

My neighbor and family friend owns her own horse-drawn carriage business. Her barn is filled with exquisite antique, refurbished, and custom-made carriages that she drives for hire at weddings, funerals, in parades or at special events.  She has two gorgeous black Shire horses that are brothers and best friends and so perfectly matched that it is [...]

Looking for love…

 
With Valentine’s Day come and gone, some of us are recalling sweet February-the-14th memories, and others of us are just hoping that next year will be better.  We hope we’re standing on the brink of something new, and Prince Charming is right around the corner, and we’re just about to be swept off our feet.
Meanwhile, there [...]

Part 3: Self-Serving Chivalry (A Warning to Christian Guys)

 

I know this third part installment of SK’s Chivalry series has been very long in the coming!  I apologize for that.
Since writing Part 1 (True Chivalry) and Part 2 (A Girl’s Response), I’ve been totally surprised at how popular these posts have been with readers.  According to the WordPress blog stats, they’ve been the most [...]

Part 2: A Girl’s Response to Chivalry

Your hands are covered with flour, and there’s a spot of it on your nose (though you don’t know it!). On the plate in your hands lies a slice of homemade bread, fresh from the oven. Thick and warm, smeared with creamy butter, drizzled with rich honey. You worked hard to make this golden loaf; [...]

Part 1: True Chivalry

 
“Girls are stupid. Chivalry? Why…what kindness are women expected to do for men?”
I saw this phrase on an icon. The picture accompanying those words showed a doodle of a girl with a dress and braids, looking wide-eyed and clueless with question marks by her head. Whatever sort of guy made it was obviously bitter and [...]

Two Perspectives

 
“The way girls dress these days!”
Jared let his breath out through inflated cheeks, his eyes wide. Madison looked up from her vanilla iced coffee, raising her eyebrows.
“What about it?” she asked.
Jared shook his head dramatically. “Man,” he sighed, “Did you see that girl? Her shorts must have had, like, a two-inch inseam.”
“Really?” Madison sipped her [...]