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....
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...
