Mary Van Weelden

In the age of celebrity icons, influencers, and internet fame, being known and yet feeling unloved is a common fate.

While I was half a world away from my own family, this Christian woman mothered me with a sustaining tenderness, opening her home and her heart to a stranger who could barely speak her language.

The internet has affected nearly every facet of life in the western world—from how we consume art and entertainment, to how we communicate, educate, and conduct business, to the very basics of maintaining interpersonal relationships with family and friends.

Valentine’s Day can be hard for single people, but I think it’s a myth to say it’s only hard for single people. Those who are married or dating need reminders of what God intended love and fellowship to look like for his people as much as singles do.

Without intending to, we often water down important doctrines because we want people to be able to grasp hold of these great mysteries without becoming discouraged by their perplexity.

What we repeatedly see in the Bible is imagery of daily provision.

Idolatry looms large in the church today. We have simply stopped learning how to recognize it.

In the midst of such sadness, with my own worries and wants looming about me too, I felt like I had little left to give to the needs of my friend.

For girls especially, growing up in a Christian community often comes with the implicit expectation that you’ll get married and start a family, and that it will happen sooner rather than later.

Sometimes you don’t realize you’re drifting away from your faith until you look up and find yourself suddenly far from home. Sometimes you know and […]

I know that God is sovereign over all my circumstances and that he works all things for good, so why don’t I feel better?