Many years ago, I had a close friend. Our kids played together. We worshiped together. We complained about our husbands together. We homeschooled together. We had coffee together. I thought we were best friends. Then she started pulling back. She didn’t always answer her phone when I called. She started being busy when I triedContinueContinue reading “Authenticity”
Category Archives: midlife faith
Love Letters
Eight years ago, on my very first Valentine’s Day as a grieving, scared, newly separated, single mom, I got the ultimate rejection: legal separation papers. Yes, they were actually delivered on Valentine’s Day. I’m pretty sure I went through a whole box of tissues that day. Last year, separated from my second husband, I foundContinueContinue reading “Love Letters”
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”
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”
The Loneliness in Suffering
The thing with trials is that they are compounded by loneliness. Many trials are so individualized that no one can fully share in the suffering with you. No one else feels exactly the same way you do. No one else responds the same way to similar events. No one else can bear the weight ofContinueContinue reading “The Loneliness in Suffering”
Bethany LaShell 