by Mary B Safrit | Oct 29, 2020 | How-to's, Singleness
I heard a story recently about an older woman who lived alone. She fell in the middle of the night and couldn’t get up. Instead of calling for help immediately, she waited for hours until she knew people would be awake. “She said that she didn’t want to bother...
by Mary B Safrit | Aug 29, 2018 | Relationships and Community, Teaching
“…because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ” (Philippians 1:5-6, ESV). The friendships I talked about in...
by Mary B Safrit | Aug 22, 2018 | Relationships and Community, Teaching
“I thank my God in all my remembrance of you” (Philippians 1:3, ESV) I want to start this blog series with gratitude. In the planning phase, I was thinking about all my friends, all the hard things and the amazing things, and I am so grateful. I have been...
by Mary B Safrit | Aug 15, 2018 | Relationships and Community
I hope you enjoyed reading the “Things I Didn’t Learn in Youth Group” series as much as I loved writing it. Next week, we will pivot to a new blog series on a topic close to my heart that is uniquely crucial for singles… Friendship! You might...
by Mary B Safrit | Jun 14, 2018 | Relationships and Community
The Necessity of Receiving Generously I grew up in the South and have been schooled in generous hospitality. We Safrits believe in going above and beyond, then above and beyond again. Whenever my friends stayed over, from elementary through graduate school, my parents...
