by Carolyn Pereira | Jun 8, 2022 | Grace and Strength, Relationship with God
I almost titled this post, “What’s Religion got to do with it?”, but the other title was better for SEO 🙂 Nevertheless, the question still stands. More and more and more people are dropping by the hour into believing that it it doesn’t have...
by Carolyn Pereira | Jun 1, 2022 | Grace and Strength, Personal Growth, Relationship with God
I was talking to a friend the other day. “What should I do if I just feel blah about God?”, she asked, “I’m just not growing any more – not motivated, not changing – it’s tempting to just give up on God’s even being real at all. Where is the excitement, the...
by Carolyn Pereira | May 25, 2022 | Grace and Strength, Relationship with God
Sources of Grace – Christian Life of Grace Series Continued… In my last post in this series we talked about what Grace really is (and how it has been distorted), and that while it is all around us, much like oxygen, we still need to tap into it ever more...
by Carolyn Pereira | May 11, 2022 | Prioritizing your life, Relationship with God, Self Care
A rule of life? Well, that sounds boring and terrible… and maybe even a bit medieval. Where is the freedom, the spontaneity, the enjoyment? Maybe it’s all well and good for people in monasteries and such (do monasteries still exist?) but how could it possibly benefit...
by Carolyn Pereira | Mar 31, 2022 | Fasting, Personal Growth, Relationship with God, Seasonal Reflections
How to fast without giving up food? Is that even possible? Isn’t fasting by definition, “the foregoing of food” (literally: “to abstain from all or some kinds of food or drink especially as a religious observance” (Oxford Languages)? But ever...
by carolynpereira1311@hotmail.com | Jan 3, 2022 | Personal Growth, Relationship with God
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. ~ Matthew 11:29 Humility is so “unpopular”. It is literally the opposite of everything we believe to be good as a society right now:...