by Mary B Safrit | Feb 8, 2023 | Christian Living, Singleness, The Creative Life, Uncategorized
I’m not a fan of Valentine’s Day. It’s hard to say that without feeling like a cynic. I’d argue it’s because I’m actually a true romantic. You see, I think our expression of love should not be constrained to an arbitrary day. Nor do...
by Mary B Safrit | Nov 2, 2022 | Relationships and Community, The Creative Life
Human beings are wired to be with one another. In a cultural moment when we feel isolated and fractured, how do we connect authentically and deeply? We wonder if we are the only ones struggling, but it feels vulnerable to share. Most of us have been feeling...
by Mary B Safrit | Aug 31, 2022 | The Creative Life
If your brain feels like an overwrought laptop, you’re not alone. You know that sound the fan makes when you have too many tabs or programs open and it acts like you’re asking it to launch itself into outer space? I’m right there with you. My brain needs the...
by Mary B Safrit | May 25, 2022 | The Creative Life
A “calling” is not like a paperclip, which is a physical object you can see and quantify. It’s a construct, a series of letters wrapped around an idea. Given that it also tends to be spiritual in nature, it also comes with a certain amount of interpretation. When I...
by Mary B Safrit | May 27, 2021 | The Creative Life
You might have noticed some changes around these parts in the last couple of months. And by changes, I mean that I completely redesigned my website. This was months in the making and coincided with the recent release of my ebook, The Single Christian’s Church Survival...
by Mary B Safrit | Mar 4, 2021 | How-to's, The Creative Life, Uncategorized
On March 17th, I started working from home. It was the first official day of New York City’s “Pause,” and I had one strategy in mind–power through. Surely this thing would last 1-2 months tops and everything would go back to normal. I just needed to hunker down...
