by Mary Carver | Oct 18, 2013 | Faith Life
Are you fighting for your happiness? What are the dragons preventing your happiness? How do you conquer those dragons – and rescue your happiness? ——————To follow 31 Days of Giving Up on Fairy Tales – and make sure you...
by Mary Carver | Oct 14, 2013 | Faith Life, Family Life
I can’t watch Parenthood. That’s partly because I just can’t get jazzed up about spending an hour sobbing every week, but it’s also because, well, those Bravermans make me mad. Not mad at them, really. But just a tiny bit mad at every person...
by Mary Carver | Oct 13, 2013 | Faith Life
When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things. Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial...
by Mary Carver | Oct 11, 2013 | Faith Life
As I’ve read your comments and posts about perfectionism and fairy tales, about contentment and real life, I’ve noticed a few themes we all have in common. One of them is the testimony we can share about how our childish fantasies may not have come true...
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...
