by Mary B Safrit | Nov 18, 2021 | Christian Living, Relationships and Community
Back in June, my pal, Kerrah Fabacher, and I continued our monthly series on Instagram live on Boundaries in Friendship. The topic this time around? “Male-Female Friendships: What’s the Big Deal?” In preparing for this conversation, we quickly realized there were a...
by Mary B Safrit | Oct 28, 2021 | Christian Living, Relationships and Community
My church is entering into a period of transition, and as is wont to happen, all sorts of stuff is getting shaken up in the process. I think of it like a snow globe that’s been overturned. With all the dust that naturally gets kicked up in times of transition, things...
by Mary B Safrit | Oct 14, 2021 | Christian Living, Singleness
As a serial achiever and perfectionist, this thought frequently pops into my brain. Based on some engagement I’ve had with y’all, it comes up for you, too. And it can lead to what I’ve started calling “singleness productivity guilt.” On the one hand, this can be a...
by Mary B Safrit | Oct 7, 2021 | Christian Living, Singleness
Have you ever read something that gave you words for something you didn’t know you needed to say? Last Thursday, I sat at my desk with my morning smoothie and cold brew coffee with a splash of oat milk in a Mason jar. Basic? You betcha. I opened my journal,...
by Mary B Safrit | Mar 25, 2020 | Christian Living, How-to's
“Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” -Matthew 25:40 After a week and a half of quarantine and more wide-spread testing, you might have started to settle a bit into your new reality. And now...
by Mary B Safrit | Mar 24, 2020 | Christian Living, How-to's, Teaching
We’ve all got it to some degree–that wiggly, gnawing feeling in our guts. In the last week, I’ve noticed my own moments of upheaval and how my body is responding to them. It manifests in a frenetic energy that must be channeled or feels liable to consume me....
