first published on ylcf.org, January 23-24, 2007 read original comments here and here Human nature is the original fake. In fact, our moral frailty is one of the sturdiest constants of history: a fascinating and discouraging thought, isn’t it? Modern advertising’s common use of words like ‘genuine,’ ‘real,’ and ‘actual’ clue us in to the…
Archive | August, 2010
Devoted to Devotions
first published on ylcf.org, August 31, 2006 read original comments here When I was fifteen, I decided that I needed more consistency in my devotions. So, I resolved to spend a certain amount of time in God’s word every single day. And I mean every single. Those of you perfectionists out there can appreciate, perhaps…
Content but not Complete, Part Two
first published on ylcf.org, February 13, 2007 read original comments here Created For Marriage Why do we have the desire to be married? The answer goes back to the very beginning, to Genesis 2:18-24: And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help…
Content but not Complete, Part One
first published on ylcf.org, February 12, 2007 read original comments here As one of the few remaining “single and unattached” writers on this site, I’d like to ask some of you (especially those in a similar state) a question: How do you feel about singleness? More importantly, how do you feel about marriage? If you…
A Reason for Writing, Part Two
first published on ylcf.org, July 23, 2007 read original comments here (click here for Part One) A few days later, with great embarrassment, I told my mom that I’d started writing entries for these online friends to read. She told me it was called blogging. I told her no, it couldn’t be blogging. Blogs were…
A Reason for Writing, Part One
first published on ylcf.org, July 21, 2008 read original comments here When I was in second or third grade, my parents chose a penmanship curriculum called A Reason for Writing. It was supposed to be a great curriculum, combining the learning of good penmanship with a bit of fun and creativity. At the end of…
His Beauty
first published on ylcf.org, April 26, 2006 read original comments here “I’m tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. That’s deep enough. What do you want – an adorable pancreas?” -Jean Kerr, The Snake Has All the Lines I’ve written about frumpy fashion. I’ve discussed the rhyming of comfy and frumpy. But…
Ideals and Expectations, Part Two
first published on ylcf.org, August 4, 2006 read original comments here I would like to begin by making a clear distinction between ideals and expectations. You may remember my mother’s friend who adjured me: “throw your expectations out the window, but keep your ideals sky high”. I think it was only after I crossed from…
Ideals and Expectations, Part One
first published on ylcf.org, August 3, 2006 read original comments here “The more I know of the world, the more am I convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!” ~Marianne Dashwood How many of us sighed at that endearingly-rendered line of Kate Winslet’s in the…
The Foundation of a Happy Marriage
first published on ylcf.org, July 26, 2007 read original comments here Asking for advice, a reader wrote: “It gets a little frustrating sometimes, knowing that he is the man I am supposed to marry, yet we can’t move forward with our lives and get married because we are both still in college.” Or because he…
