Beauty Part 4

I am writing a short series on Beauty. In my last post I talked about eating and fitness.  In the next two posts, I will write about two problems – my belief that I was ugly and the narrow definition of “biblical” womanhood – which created stumbling blocks...

Beauty #3

I am writing a short series on Beauty.  In the last post, I wrote about our clothing.  Today I will give some reflections about eating and fitness, with some help from two books, one which is written by two nutritionists and the other which examines how our faith...

Beauty Part 2

I am writing a short series on Beauty, how we are tempted to think about it and how God might direct our thoughts about it.  In the first post, I encouraged us that the Bible is more concerned with inward beauty than outward beauty. In this post I will discuss how I...

Beauty

Last spring, I worked together with some other campus ministers on a discussion for our university students on beauty and body image.  This is typically a topic discussed by women.  Increasingly we are becoming aware of many men who struggle with obsessive concerns...

The Spiritual Benefits of Losing at Chess

My husband, Bill, recently bought us a chess set. We are both beginners at chess. We have played two games. The first game we played together, I won. A couple of nights ago, I thought I was winning again, but suddenly I was checkmated. I didn’t see it coming.   When I...