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....
by Mary B Safrit | Feb 19, 2020 | Christian Living, Parables
I sat on the cool tile of my bathroom floor waiting for the feeling to pass. I knew that evening, sitting in my favorite writing bar, that this would happen. But I made the choice to order the pulled pork nachos. I shook my head contemplating the moment of decision...
by Mary B Safrit | Jan 1, 2020 | Christian Living, Teaching
Change is slow. I should specify—lasting change is slow. Perhaps you know that already, or mayhaps like me it’s a reality you keep forgetting. I came into 2019 with big ideas about all I would have figured out and accomplished by the time 2020 rolled around. I was...
by Mary B Safrit | Nov 20, 2019 | Christian Living, Teaching
The following is a re-post of a blog I wrote around this time last year. As we are headed into the holiday season, which can be extra tricky for singles, I thought it was worth sharing again. I’ve made a couple of minor edits for clarity and tone. Enjoy! It...
by Mary B Safrit | Aug 14, 2019 | Christian Living, Teaching
Step 12: Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to [others], and to practice these principles in all our affairs. I resent dirty dishes. It doesn’t matter how many times I clean them, there they are again, sitting...
