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...
by Mary B Safrit | Aug 7, 2019 | Christian Living, Teaching
Step 11: Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out. The stinging pain of the needle repeatedly poking into my skin had dulled....
by Mary B Safrit | Jul 31, 2019 | Christian Living, Teaching
Step 10: Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. Between my first and second years of grad school, I participated in a summer program called Greensboro Light Opera and Song. The stories from those six weeks are legion and...
