Humility
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Self-Confidence vs. Self-Righteousness
There’s a difference between self-confidence and self-righteousness. Sometimes I have been afraid to be confident out of fear of coming across arrogant or self-righteous. I would go to the other extreme and talk down to myself to keep myself “humble”. … Continue reading
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The Problem With The Gospel
I have been a Christian for several years now and for many of those years, I never questioned what I was taught. I took everything as fact and never spoke up. When friends had questions that I couldn’t answer about… Continue reading
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To Be a Jesus Feminist
Why is my body sexualized even when I wear the most modest clothes? Is it because of the way that I stand? The way I conduct myself? Is it my age? Is it the way I smile/don’t smile? (I was… Continue reading
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Celebrating Brokenness
June has been a month of celebrations for me. Two weddings, two birthdays and one celebration of life as my friend’s grandfather passed away shortly after my own birthday. Of course, this last celebration was not a joy-filled celebration, but… Continue reading
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Pride and Petulance (Part 2)
Hey again! So in my last blog, I wrote about the concept of pride – my personal experiences with it and how I thought I could go about defining it through its different forms. In this blog, I want to… Continue reading
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Pride and Petulance (Part 1)
(Photo credits: Kayla Noakes) Pride and petulance. Arguably the two most prominent downfalls of humankind. Pride is what has stopped me from having joy, kept me from dealing with things I should have dealt with long ago, and it has… Continue reading