Guest Blog: Chillin at the RMRM Ranch

Hey, y’all, I was asked to write a guest blog for Glenda and I am very surprised but very honored, of course. I was simply hanging out at the RMRM Ranch, just supervising and making sure everyone does their jobs when I got the go-ahead. I have never been asked to write anything like this…

When Your Adventure Begins

Recently, I announced at my worksite that I was doing the early retirement thing. They’re planning a party. I’m planning two parties. Former coworkers whom I haven’t seen in years have popped into my life with well wishes and congratulations. I sensed the Lord’s calling me to early retirement almost two years ago, but I…

The Promise of the Resurrection for single Christians

2 It is this Good News that saves you if you continue to believe the message I told you—unless, of course, you believed something that was never true in the first place. 3 I passed on to you what was most important and what had also been passed on to me. Christ died for our sins, just…

Finally… It’s Here:

Finally, it’s here: spring. Bright, brisk, sunny, warm, dry, and refreshing spring. Lord, I thought it would never get here. This is my favorite time of the year—spring going into early summer. I love it. Thank you, Lord. You know, God, that Daily Savings Time is probably my most favorite day of the year besides…

The Tie That Binds and Binds and Binds

For the first half of my Christian walk, I went to a mainstream denominational church that gave me the absolute best spiritual foundation that a fairly new Christian high school girl could ask for. I was well-trained in the basic spiritual disciplines befitting a follower of Christ: prayer, Bible reading & Bible study, scripture memorization,…

Guest Blog Post: A Love Worth Waiting For

For years, I had tried to figure this “Love” thing out. Rejected at an early age by my earthly father, I found myself going from one broken relationship to the next, searching for love in all the wrong places. If I had a man, an entourage of friends, partying, shopping and traveling, I was living…

Maintenance Required

The last two weeks, I talked about Christian singles and finances. I noted that sometimes we single believers don’t have the best coping skills for dealing with life’s stressors. Sometimes we choose cost prohibitive, unhealthy, and ineffective coping skills to manage our anxiety, stress, disappointment, anger, depression, boredom, and other negative emotions. It’s easy to…

Money Talks, and So Should You, Part 2 of 2

Last week, I touched on seven reasons we single Christians need to get our finances under control. The seventh one, not in the list of six, was, “If you plan to ever get married.” Marriage has built-in pressures and difficulties. Finances always seem to make the top three to five reasons marriages get into trouble.…

Money Talks, and so Should You, Part 1 of 2

Who hasn’t had financial struggles? I sure have. I remember the time just out of college when I worked as a temporary for several months. I had to pay my rent from week to week. I don’t know who hated that worse, me or the landlord! Then I got a job where I got paid…

Marrying Outside Your Species

I don’t recommend it. Every once in a great while I will see an article about someone who married their dog or horse or some inanimate object, like the Berlin Wall, the Eiffel Tower, or even an anime character painted onto a body pillow. In the world, they have a name for it: objectum sexual,…