Degrees in Idealism

exploring how we would live if we truly believed life was meaningful

When We Play All Day: Part Two

08.06.2018 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // Leave a Comment

I’ve always thought it would be nice to really celebrate Sunday like a “sabbath”— not just with Church or a break from school or work, but like a true holiday. After the birth of our first child, I realized that this was not simply an intriguing idea; it was something we actually needed.  A sabbath […]

Categories // Family, Marriage, Soul Tags // #beingpresent, #catholicism, #children, #christianity, #koselig, #parenting, #rest, #sabbath, #sunday

Backyard Snakes and the Problem of Evil

08.02.2018 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // 4 Comments

Yesterday my older children were playing outside our house and my baby was sitting happily on the grass in the perfect sunshine. We went inside for a few hours and came back out to get in the car. Our kids were loaded up, but before my husband and I got in we noticed a black […]

Categories // Family, Soul Tags // #christianity, #circleoflife, #parenting, #problemofevil, #snakes

I’ll Guard Thee Tonight

11.02.2016 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // 1 Comment

I don’t want anyone to die. I had just walked down to breakfast and was taken aback, used to a cheery greeting and enthusiastic chronicling of the morning’s events from my three-year-old son. What, buddy? I don’t want anyone to die because I love them. It all started with a bird who died outside our […]

Categories // Family, Soul Tags // #christianity, #death, #fear, #suffering

Introducing “sons of God”

05.26.2016 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // Leave a Comment

If there is a loving God, why does he allow evil? It is a question that plagues us today, but it is certainly not a modern problem. Perhaps it caused the most distress to those who witnessed its beginnings, those who remember sinning for the first time. What would it have felt like to be […]

Categories // Beauty Tags // #adamandeve, #christianity, #fiction, #sonsofgod

I Don’t Like The Red Cups, But Not Because They Offend Me

11.12.2015 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // Leave a Comment

When I heard about the “Starbucks red cup controversy” I wasn’t very surprised by the red cups, but I was surprised to see the whole thing being referred to as a controversy. Apparently Christians are “outraged” and “offended” by this rather secular business’s decision to be rather secular during the months of November and December. I’m […]

Categories // Culture Tags // #christianity, #christmas, #redcups, #secularism, #starbucks

About Me

I'm Elizabeth. I'm a wife, a mother to six children, a writer, and a lover and seeker of the beautiful, the true, and the good. I am a believer in idealism-- that even amidst the chaos and the confusion, the exhaustion and the sadness of life there is always joy to be found, hope to be clung to, and a better path to be taken. I write my thoughts on this blog. Links to my fiction books are at the bottom of the page.

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