It didn’t hit me on our wedding day. Not when I hurriedly wrote my vows that morning, or when I slipped my dress on, or when I saw him for the first time. Not even when we had our first kiss as man and wife, or when we scampered up the mountain together and laughed as a thunderstorm threatened to drown out our joy. It didn’t hit me as we flew to Mexico for our much-anticipated honeymoon, or when we... Read more
I don’t know where I belong. If we were in a support group together I would introduce myself like this: Hi, My name is Laura Livingood, and I don’t know where I belong. Actually, I don’t know a lot of things, but I want to start with the easiest one first. We can deal with the rest of my stupidity later. (Believe me, there’s a ton) I’ve probably spent that last 3 years trying to make “Home Is Where Your... Read more
Hey guys – Lately I’ve been writing a ton, and today I attempted to write some more, but just couldn’t. I guess it’s just one of those days. So thought instead of just posting something thats, uh, not good, I’d share with you all what I’ve written other places (in the semi recent past). I plan on continuing to guest post, I got a few coming up other places, and also have a few new people posting here. I hope... Read more
When I became a Christian, I remember going online and googling where, as a Christian, I was most likely to be martyred, because… … I was literally trying to get martyred. (more…) Read more
So many times our generation [millennials], or even those who no longer adhere to the “tradition,” or what we know as “orthodoxy” are casted out and labeled as irreligious. Though I don’t think we are irreligious, so much as we’re counter cultural. I think Erwin McManus quotes perfectly captures this, in challenging us as the Church, to focus on LOVE not law. In David Kinnaman’s (president of Barna Group) book titled “You Lost Me,” he not only acknowledges that young Christian’s are leaving... Read more
It’s kind of crazy how life can change in a blink of an eye. An unexpected job offer. A guy or girl you meet. Or even… A phone call carrying bad news. A crash on the way to or from somewhere. Life is filled with twists, turns, and unexpected happenings, both good and bad. I guess that’s what makes life, well, life. This week it randomly dawned on me that some of you out there might have just experienced the best week... Read more
Christians love sin. I’m convinced that Christians like sin way more than anyone who doesn’t believe in God. We always talk about it, think about it, do it, avoid it… Christians like sin because we have forgiveness. But we also like to sin more than most. We like sin because we like definitions, lines to but up against, lines in the sand to tip-toe up against. To see how much we can get away with. This is not what God... Read more
As Christians, I think at times, we do a great job of missing the point. Especially when we talk about sex. The rest of this post is pretty blunt, so if that bothers you, you may want to stop reading here… Some of you might be surprised, who have not grown up in the Church, but there are some Christians who will have anal sex so that they avoid having vaginal sex, because vaginal sex is a sin. (more…) Read more
I became a Christian at 19 or so. I mean I guess I was a Christian before in the sense that I said a prayer and all. Either way. When I was 19, I remember hearing that every single night when we sleep over 30,000 children died of a lack of starvation and basic needs. The professor who said this said something like, “I have three things I’d like to say today. First, while you were sleeping last night, 30,000 kids... Read more
I’ve always wondered and questioned how effective the local American church actually is. Like, is what we’re doing actually working? At times I’ve highly questioned whether or not what the church is doing is producing more harm than it is good. It seems I’m not the only one who has this question, Researchers and Markets “Barna Group” looked at it a little more closely, what they found might come surprising to some, or sadly, not so surprising to others: “Out... Read more
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