I Can Love You Like That

Elizabeth Barrett Browning penned these immortal words many years ago: “How do I love thee?  Let me count the ways./I love thee to the depth and breadth and height/My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight/For the ends of Being and an ideal Grace…” It is one of her most famous poems, included in [...]

Speak Softly, Love

In a sexual culture, in which dating is extremely physical and the constant barrage of music and television only encourage such behavior, people really do seek an alternative.  At the same time, however, they are prepared to doubt and shoot down any idea they view as ‘too extreme’.  They will want results — but not [...]

Who Calls Me Beautiful?

In the Purity Ring, the drama group I’m in, I was recently required to give a lesson on a book called “Who Calls Me Beautiful?” by Regina Franklin. I love giving lessons; mostly for the writing end of it. I make a little outline and hand it out to everyone. It’s just too much fun. [...]

Delight Yourself In The Lord

Delight Yourself In the LordFor my Medieval History study my sophomore year, I had to read a lovely old book by author Jane Porter called Scottish Chiefs. Many people have not even heard of this book, and though it is full of 19th century drama, it contains many lessons in feminine virtue for teenage girls [...]

Three Products of Purity

My last post very quickly summarized why purity of heart is important. I want to continue that thought. I believe that purity of heart has three facets, or three areas, that it primarily influences: the mind, the emotions, and the body. First, purity of mind is defined by Webster as “freedom from any sinister or [...]