Growth
Book Blog 16: Cross Your Heart
What happens if you cross your heart with your right hand, and cross your fingers with your left? Do you still have to keep your promise? What if you’re really mad at the person with whom you’ve made the agreement? Can you get out of it then? The Wild Thing of Proverbs 7 thought so. [...]
20Jul2010 | Mary Kassian | 0 comments | Continued
Wise vs. Wild Contrast #19: Sustainability
Have you noticed how prevalent disrespect toward men has become? In the sixties, women complained that men victimized and disrespected them. Now the tables have turned. Our sons, husbands, fathers, and men-friends are subjected to malicious jokes and attitudes that wouldn’t be tolerated toward any other group. Women portray them asselfish, lazy, inconsiderate, hormone-crazed buffoons. They gleefully slander and tear them down simply because they are male.
1Dec2009 | Mary Kassian | 1 comment | Continued
Survived the Photoshoot
The end is nigh. The end of the Girls Gone Wise book, that is. So a couple days ago I went for the obligatory photo shoot that goes along with the publication of a new resource. I told my photographer friend, the very talented Julie James, of James Design Studio, that I wanted to do [...]
16Oct2009 | Mary Kassian | 5 comments | Continued
Wise vs. Wild Contrast #1 – Heart
He swept her off her feet. I’m sure you’ve all heard the expression. People use it when a girl gets emotionally overwhelmed and romantically infatuated with a guy. He gains her immediate and unquestioning support, approval, acceptance and love. The idiom “swept off her feet” indicates that there is a strong connection between a girl’s heart and her feet. That connection is the first point of contrast between a Girl-Gone-Wild and a Girl-Gone-Wise.
8Sep2009 | Mary Kassian | 2 comments | Continued
True Woman ‘10
Announcing TRUE WOMAN ‘10! After much prayer, Revive Our Hearts is delighted to announce three more True Woman Conferences in 2010. We sure hope you can join us! Mark your calendar today, and prepare to be deeply transformed.
7Jul2009 | Mary Kassian | 0 comments | Continued
Love is a Choice
This past summer, at my son’s wedding, I found myself reminding him of the words my mother spoke to me at my wedding, and many times since:Â “Always remember that love is a choice.”
The dictionary defines love as “a feeling of warm personal attachment or strong affection.” Â But if love is primarily a feeling, then [...]
Only What is Helpful for Building
His mother was not home, but the young boy wanted to draw, so he got out the bottles of ink himself. His sister agreed to pose for him. In his eagerness and excitement, the young artist made an inky mess of his hands, clothes, table and floor. Just as he was finishing his work, his mother returned, and for a moment, stood in the door and silently took the scene in. Then, instead of scolding him, she picked up the portrait and declared, “What a beautiful picture of your sister!” and kissed him.
7Nov2008 | Mary Kassian | 1 comment | Continued
Tipping the Scales in Your Favor
One of Norman Rockwell’s Saturday Evening Post paintings shows an elderly woman buying a large Thanksgiving turkey. The butcher is standing behind the counter, weighing the turkey on his scale. Both the butcher and the customer on the other side are eyeing the scale with pleased expressions on their faces. At first glance, it appears like a regular transaction. But upon closer examination, we discover the reason for their self-satisfaction.
6Nov2008 | Mary Kassian | 0 comments | Continued
Gab, Blab and Gossip
I once saw an advertisement that enticed people to buy cell phones so they could engage in more “gab, blab, and gossip.” Are you a talker? Do you enjoy gabbing, blabbing, and gossiping? There’s nothing wrong with enjoying good conversation, but the Bible warns that excess speech is often accompanied by sin. “Where words are many, sin is not absent…” (Prov. 10:19, NIV)
5Nov2008 | Mary Kassian | 1 comment | Continued
Does Your Speech Make the Grade?
Take a moment to evaluate your speech habits. How good are they? If a grade of 100% represents perfection, what grade would you give yourself? If you don’t swear, and aren’t given to gossip or outbursts of anger, you might confidently give yourself 80% or perhaps even 90%. Compared to the people around you, your speech might deserve a pretty high mark. But what if you graded your speech according to God’s standards? Take this 20-Question Test to see what kind of mark you’d get…
2Nov2008 | Mary Kassian | 3 comments | Continued
Cool Down Your Hot Head (Part 2)
In the Rocky Mountains, hunters occasionally find pairs of interlocked deer horns. When the horns of fighting deer get jammed together and the animals cannot separate them, they die. Anger can cause us to lock horns with others. And the consequences can be just as disastrous. Paul knew that in order to properly manage their lives and relationships, the believers in Ephesus needed to recognize a few things about anger. This is the second of two articles outlining his advice.
29Oct2008 | Mary Kassian | 0 comments | Continued
Cool Down your Hot Head
Control Anger before it Burns you (Part One)
All of us get angry from time to time. The Bible has valuable instruction about how to manage this volatile emotion. This is the first of two articles outlining what the Apostle Paul taught his friends in Ephesus about anger.
“For the anger of man does not [...]
Curing Your Ill Will
It’s game time. The coach is starting his favorite players. For what seems like the hundredth time this season, your child is warming the bench. You sit in the stands with the other parents and dutifully clap and cheer – but inside, you harbor the malicious hope that your child’s teammates will play poorly, that [...]
5May2008 | Mary Kassian | 0 comments | Continued
Tit-for-Tat
Tit-for-Tat is the name of a Laurel and Hardy slapstick comedy released in 1935. In the film, Stan & Ollie open a hardware shop right next to Charlie Hall’s grocery store. A misunderstanding occurs and Hall takes revenge on Stan & Ollie. Stan & Ollie retaliate. The back-and-forth antics start with silly attacks such as [...]
30Apr2008 | Mary Kassian | 2 comments | Continued
Green with Envy
Your sister has just moved into a beautiful new home and instead of being happy for her, you’ve got a little green-eyed monster putting the squeeze on your heart. Outwardly you’re all smiles and congratulations, but inwardly you resent the fact that she’s getting ahead while you’re spinning your wheels – stuck in a rut.
Envy [...]
Curse of the Good Girl
The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment
Authentic Beauty
Girls Gone Skank
Thrill of the Chaste
Re-imagining God in the Shack
