Category: Christian Living

Don’t Shut Your Emotions Up

I’ve been following Jesus since I was seven and prayed the sinner’s prayer by myself, behind the closed door of our tiny schoolroom. Since even earlier than that, I’ve been a little like my childhood literary heroine, Anne of Green Gables. My emotional highs can feel extra-high, my emotional lows extra-low, like Anne’s “perfect graveyard … Continue reading Don’t Shut Your Emotions Up →

To Practice Self-care or Not: Is That the Question?

Ah, self-care: the buzzword people either love or love to hate. I’ve read and heard both sides and felt unsettled by both. But last winter, when I was in the thick of sifting through it all, I had a mini epiphany: How did Jesus do it? (Yes, this question should have come to mind much … Continue reading To Practice Self-care or Not: Is That the Question? →