Degrees in Idealism

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

How To Actually Celebrate Advent Without Being a Scrooge (And Advent Music!)

11.21.2015 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // Leave a Comment

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 […]

Categories // Family, Soul Tags // #advent #adventseason #music, #patience

Missing the Point of Premarital Abstinence

11.15.2014 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // 1 Comment

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 […]

Categories // Culture, Marriage Tags // #abstinence, #dating, #love, #marriage, #patience, #sex

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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