relationships

When We’re a Friend of Job

Rachel Chimits

When we’re trying to comfort or advise someone who is suffering, we want to be truthful but also careful and loving, so how do we balance both?

There’s a good man. He fell in love and married young; he and his wife went through some rough times, but they overcome together. They have years of faithful, worthy marriage under their belts.

Forged in the Right Fire

Rachel Chimits

The world and the Bible have very different ideas about love in all its various forms, so where exactly do these definitions diverge?

The age-old human tradition of rubbernecking at dumpster fires is a well-documented one and thoroughly practiced throughout all generations, ranging anywhere from the 1897 novel Irene Iddesleigh to the Netflix documentary Tiger King and beyond.

The Ultimate Showdown: Peacekeeping VS. People-pleasing

Rachel Chimits

People who hate conflict often cling to the verses where God says that peacemakers are blessed, but what does living that out actually look like?

In C.S. Lewis’s satirical science fiction novel That Hideous Strength, a young married couple Mark and Jane find themselves key players in a grand and terrible academic experiment, ironically named N.I.C.E., to disprove the existence of God. Betrayed by the people he has trusted, Mark sits in a cell, awaiting execution.

Thriving or Striving at Home

Rachel Chimits

Being put into a stressful situation will reveal the core of our relationships faster than anything else, so after this lockdown, what have we found?

An increasing number of articles and surveys are pointing to the mounting issues of divorce requests since the coronavirus lockdown pushed us all indoors with one another.