Failed Resolutions-Already?!

Failed Resolutions-Already?! by Bethany Smith Have you failed in your resolutions already? Nearly every one makes them, and nearly every one fails or forgets them. Resolution-ists fill up gyms, book clubs, and writer’s groups each January, but they (we?) never seem to make any real changes. I have given up on resolutions all together, and [...]

Life: Sometimes We Have to Have the Hard Talk With Ourselves

Life: Sometimes We Have to Have the Hard Talk With Ourselves written by: Crystal Kelly What does it mean to live a life submitted to Christ? What is that really about? I mean you try to do the right thing and God knows of course you are not perfect, right. You say your prayers everyday [...]

Chit Chatting with Carl Marshall

Chit Chatting with Carl Marshall Written by:  Jill Sheets Recently I interviewed Carl Marshall, who is the author of the book The Light of Innocence. Continue to read on and learn more about his book on Christian living. R:  Tell us a little bit about your shelf and your writing background? C:     I grew [...]

Why Don’t People Seem To Like Christians Anymore?

Why Don’t People Seem To Like Christians Anymore? Retired Pastor Thinks Faithful Should Talk Less and Do More Kirk Minor remembers a time when working with his church was centered around people, and not rhetoric – and he’s wondering where those days went. “There’s an old axiom that states ‘Those who speak, don’t know, and [...]

The Right Career For Me

The Right Career For Me Written by Ellen Marie Hawkins (photo courtesy of www.sxc.hu) I remember the summer I graduated from high school and prepared for college as one of the most emotional that I’ve experienced. I’m past the age of the newly coined phrase, “quarter-life crisis” and I’ll tell you that my twenties were [...]

The Path Less Traveled

The Path Less Traveled ** This is for informational purposes only.  Relate is a Christian based site** By: DeAnna Britton http://sribuddha.magnify.net I never had a religion. My parents decided it was best if I chose my own. I didn’t grow up knowing anything about the Bible except that there was a Bible and it held [...]

Faith: Your Favorite Outfit?

Written By Dana Ford, Relate Contributing Writer Every day we face a world of sin, a world crashing and burning and suffering. We face a media portraying beauty in ways to make our hearts sick. We face judgment and controversy and religious uproar and heartache and we don’t know what to do so we freak [...]

Relax; God is in Control

Written by Dana Ford, Relate Contributing Writer  The best part about life is that we don’t have to be perfect. Let’s leave that up to God. It’s an easy thing to say, but many times it’s hard for us to do. As perfectionists, as sensitive human beings, as humans captured in a world of sin [...]