by krista | Feb 11, 2016 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
Almost everyone deals with heartbreak at least one in her life. Even the most careful, most godly girls. Sometimes, it’s because you made a wrong choice – you went for a guy without consulting God, without listening to parents’ or friends’...
by krista | Feb 6, 2016 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
A few years back, I asked a former student attending a Christian college if her school had a dress code. She said yes. I was waiting to hear a long list of what could and could not be worn on campus. Instead, she told me their policy was just seven words: “No crack...
by krista | Jan 29, 2016 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
As a mother of three – two teenage girls and an almost-teen boy – I think the practice of arranged marriages should be reinstated. Forget the fact that my husband and I wouldn’t be married if that practice had been in place when we were dating, nor would any of our...
by krista | Jan 23, 2016 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
Recently, I watched a documentary about the Roosevelts. In it, several biographers affirmed something amazing: had Franklin D. Roosevelt not contracted Polio at age 39, he would not have been prepared to be President at age 51. What that disease did for him was teach...
by krista | Jan 16, 2016 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
Teens today are having sex. A lot. Studies indicate that at least half of all teenagers are sexually active in high school. Personally, I think that number is conservative. It is as casual a part of many relationships as the goodnight kiss was back in the “old...
by krista | Jan 4, 2016 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
When I teach characterization in literature, I use Edgar Allan Poe’s classic, “The Tell Tale Heart”. The narrator in that story starts out by saying, “I’m not crazy!” He repeats that throughout the story – as he’s...
