Santa Christ? Jesus Claus?

By Erika (Rambling, Musings & The Occassional Insight)

I recently finished reading Donald Miller's Searching for God Knows What, which is a book composed of Miller's thoughts and experiences with God. Miller's books are always entertaining and thought-provoking. He is one of those authors who always seems to be able to put those things we struggle to verbalize into words with an artistic flair.

Chapter Two of this book spent some time exploring the parallel between a child's understanding of Santa Claus and Jesus Christ:

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Money Management 101: The Course I Would Have Failed

Reposted By Erika

Growing up, I never thought I would be the kid who gets excited about saving money. I always put the "fun" percentage of my allowance and my birthday money and all that I earned towards whatever goodies I had my eye on at the time. In middle and high school, it was clothes. During the first half of college, while working as a waitress, it was whatever my heart desired.

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The Dreaded "Talk"

You know it. "Hon, we need to talk... How do you Define The Relationship?" Otherwise known in an article on Boundless as, "DTR." They have a really great assessment you can take to help you better understand your relationship and what kind of future it might have.

Boundless states, "The purpose of this assessment is to help you see how your evidence of connection compares to your level of clarity about your relationship. This assessment is structured to be helpful both for those who have seen a relationship grow over a period of time but want to know if it's moving toward a more formal romantic relationship and those who want to know if their formal romantic relationship is moving toward marriage."

Go. Read the article, and take the test. It might help you decide whether or not you should be in a relationship with someone, and if you have a future together. Blessings.

God Calling...

By Erika

I once took an "Inner Healing Class" through my home church. I was blown away by what I learned.

We covered the questions of "Does God speak to us? Does He want us to hear Him?" and "How do we hear Him?" These may seem like such simple questions, but I think a lot of us struggle with them. I know that I have asked, "Why would God choose to speak to me?" I sometimes wrestle with the idea that the creator of the universe would actually want to take the time to speak into my life, but this is the kind of relationship the Father deeply desires. He wants us to run to Him, and then He wants us to listen.

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If You Knew Then What You Know Now...

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I was asked today by the youth minister at my home church what I wish I had been told when I was in middle/high school about sexuality/relationships/sex, etc. in preparation for an upcoming series on the subject(s).

I think it's hard for me to even know where to start. I made so many mistakes - mistakes which started in middle school. I know a lot of well-meaning adults said a lot of things to try and deter me from making bad decisions. But I have always been the kind who had to learn the hard way.

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