Kindred Grace Team 3 Minute Read The blogosphere has been full of letters to our teenage selves this past week, in celebration of Emily Freeman’s new book Graceful (For Young Women): Letting Go of Your Try-Hard Life. And it was quite a trip down memory lane for some of the writers here at YLCF who decided to join in. We’ve collected some excerpts for you…
Natasha Metzler 3 Minute Read A miracle is the redemption of pain, not the absolution of it… The idea that if our dreams come true, we’ll be free from pain is a lie. The idea that if we give up our dreams, we’ll always be empty is also a lie. Only in emptiness can we be filled.
Katie 4 Minute Read My story isn’t a Hollywood one: I didn’t marry my first love or end up with my best friend. In fact, my story is still being written — but I have the best part already. My ‘happily ever after’ is starting now, right here in the middle of my manuscript. Several years ago I suffered…
Natasha Metzler 4 Minute Read Once upon a time there were two young girls. One, a tall blonde with honey-colored eyes. The other, a short brunette with eyes the color of the sea after a storm. Their friendship was the storybook kind. Anne and Diana. Meg and Jo March. Lucy and Mr. Tumnus. The blonde had a voice like an…
Caroline Rose Sanders 3 Minute Read At first glance, it seemed like a good idea, or at least an entirely innocent one. Why not have a wedding-themed Pinterest board?
Katie 6 Minute Read Spring. Summer. Fall. Winter. Cycles, seasons, changes – good and bad, death and life – each season and cycle following the Divine Master’s plan. Each change and transition happens consistently, yet each is different and unique. One spring it’s cold and rainy, the next warm and sunny. How we act and dress in each season…
Elisabeth Adams 7 Minute Read How many different emotions do you have every day? Dozens, scores, maybe even hundreds? Let’s just say that if the average woman was an air-traffic controller and her emotions were incoming planes, she’d have a full-time job telling them where (and where not) to land. Some of the most persistent and challenging of all my…
Trina Holden 5 Minute Read I’d like to state right here, for the record, that there is no such thing as a failed courtship. A courtship that doesn’t end in marriage is not a failure. It is a myth that courtship should always end with a couple becoming engaged. Because courtship isn’t a commitment, it’s an acknowledgement.
Jennifer Miles 3 Minute Read Guilt. It stalks us, confuses us, winds its tendrils around our throats and suffocates us. And mothers seem to have captured the dubious honor of cornering the market on guilt. We receive it in the condemnations of friends and strangers alike, those who question and criticize our every parenting decision as if making sure we…
Katie 5 Minute Read Q. I have known this guy for a few weeks and he says he is in love with me. But I don’t really want to be in a relationship right now. I have no idea what I am doing. I just need some advice on how to turn him down gently. -Laura* A. Laura, thank you for…
Natasha Metzler 7 Minute Read Once upon a time in the land of the glass hearts, there lived a young girl. This girl, as all the girls did, carried with her a heart. While she was young it was kept safely on the nightstand by her bed and every night she would look at it and smile. It was so perfect;…
Jeannie Pederson 3 Minute Read When I saw that Leslie Ludy had written a new book, and one on singleness at that, I was immediately interested. I have a lot of respect for the Ludys, and was very excited to be able to meet them at a retreat a couple of years ago. They really have a heart for God…
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