by Mary Carver | Oct 9, 2013 | Faith Life
When I reached a certain age (as in, I don’t remember what age, so I’m being vague), I was allowed to sit with my friends during church. I’d like to say my friends and I spent that Sunday morning hour learning and worshiping. But, while we did some...
by Mary Carver | Oct 8, 2013 | Faith Life, Home Life
I thought I would move to the city. A big one, like Chicago or New York. Later, I thought – no, I KNEW – I would move to Nashville. Or Colorado. But probably Nashville. Never did I think I would settle in the medium-sized city just south of my tiny...
by Mary Carver | Oct 7, 2013 | Faith Life, My Life
Last time I was seven months pregnant, my boss called me into her office on a Friday afternoon. As many of us know (and as I recently heard again on a rerun of How I Met Your Mother), late afternoon on a Friday is often called “fire o’clock” for a...
by Mary Carver | Oct 6, 2013 | Faith Life
Fantasizing about future happiness will never bring fulfillment, because fantasy is unreality. Even though I am invisible, I am far more Real than the world you see around you. My reality is eternal and unchanging. – September 11, Jesus Calling I know what it is...
by Mary Carver | Oct 5, 2013 | Books, Movies & TV, Faith Life
[Click here to watch the video if you don’t see it embedded.] If you’ve read my new ebook, Finding a Happier Ever After, or if you read my 31 Days series last year, you already know how I feel about the song, Call Me Maybe. Yes, yes, I know. It is...
