So, this online dating thing is supposed to be a great way to meet new people, right? You look at photoshopped pictures, read clichés masquerading as profiles, send digital winks, and attempt to start awkward conversations with strangers. If you’re lucky, some guy that sounds halfway interesting will say more than, “Hey, babe.” Then youContinueContinue reading “How to Lose a Guy in 3 Emails”
Author Archives: Bethany LaShell
Out With the Old; In With the New
So, maybe I’m a few days late to the game, but I’m still working on my vision for 2020. How ‘bout you? Or maybe your goals have already fizzled, and you need a reminder to reboot them. Here’s your invitation to keep working toward your 2020 vision! Some of my goals feel so big andContinueContinue reading “Out With the Old; In With the New”
What If We’re Just Supposed to Show Love?
What if we’re just supposed to show love this Christmas season? Not judge. Not worry about how our show of love will be perceived. Not worry about what it might cost us. Not worry about whether we’re doing it the right way (whatever that might be). Just love. “My command is this: Love each otherContinueContinue reading “What If We’re Just Supposed to Show Love?”
How to be Thankful in Tough Times
I don’t know about you, but the last thing I want to do when I’m faced with a huge, unexpected car repair bill, a looming medical diagnosis, or an impossible family situation is to give thanks. But that’s what we’re supposed to do. “Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of GodContinueContinue reading “How to be Thankful in Tough Times”
What to Say Instead
Nothing! Yes, often the best thing to say is nothing at all. But that’s so hard for this fix-it society. In fact, I caught myself opening my mouth to spout a fix-it verse just the other day. We often feel like when someone says something, we have to respond. Right that second. Don’t. Stop. Listen.ContinueContinue reading “What to Say Instead”
Jesus Is Not a Band-Aid
My people are broken—shattered!— and they put on Band-Aids,Saying, “It’s not so bad. You’ll be just fine.”But things are not “just fine”!Jeremiah 6:14 (MSG) When you fall down the stairs carrying a bag of groceries and rip every tendon and ligament in your ankle, it hurts. A lot. You have surgery to repair said tendons andContinueContinue reading “Jesus Is Not a Band-Aid”
How Big Is Your Cross?
How big is your cross? Depends on your proximity. If you’re close, your cross is big. If you’re far away, your cross is small. In our oversized, bigger-is-better world, we equate size with greatness. But here’s the thing, sometimes we just need to get closer in order for it to be bigger. When we getContinueContinue reading “How Big Is Your Cross?”
If I Don’t Say It . . .
If I don’t say it, it’s not true. If I don’t say it, it didn’t happen. If I don’t say it, I can sweep it under the carpet. Right? As much as my reticent Scottish ancestry would like to believe that, it’s not accurate. Feelings can only be suppressed for so long; events happen whetherContinueContinue reading “If I Don’t Say It . . .”
Don’t Pet the Bison
. . . And other things you don’t think you have to tell your kids. I asked some of my mom friends for the most outrageous things they’d ever had to tell their kids not to do, and here’s what they told me (along with a few that have come out of my own mouth): ContinueContinue reading “Don’t Pet the Bison”
The New Midlife Crisis: Not Just for Men Anymore
In the good old days, we’d hear about men in their 40s and 50s leaving their wives, buying fancy sports cars, and running off to Mexico with 20-year-old blonde bimbos. We’d shake our heads sadly, judge him loudly, and say, “Oh, he’s having a midlife crisis. His poor wife!” And that would be the endContinueContinue reading “The New Midlife Crisis: Not Just for Men Anymore”
Bethany LaShell 