We need holidays. Holidays fill us with joy and deepen our connection with God and with each other. Moreover, the breaks in the year give the rest of our days more meaning, purpose, and direction. But we have to be deliberate in how we celebrate holidays. Otherwise, we let the careless forces of commercialism and trendiness determine that for us. We have to look to […]
Missing the Point of Premarital Abstinence
I’ve read many articles criticizing premarital abstinence, claiming that it causes all sorts of sexual issues and insecurities. And I believe those issues are real— but premarital abstinence itself is not to blame. It’s more complicated than that. Because premarital abstinence is an unpopular and difficult commitment many people over-glamorize it. They lose sight of […]
