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When You Want to Give Up Before You've Even Started
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An organisation in my college was calling for submissions for a writers’ workshop, so I decided to try it out, as I had just finished writing a story.

How To Give and Receive Feedback With Grace
None of us like being criticised, and it’s easy to become defensive whenever we receive any feedback that’s remotely negative. Instead of hearing the other person out, our instinct may be to immediately respond with our reason for doing things a certain way.

The Struggles of Being Underemployed
I graduated with a master’s degree, but after not being able to land a job in my field of study, I resorted to working at a restaurant to support myself.

4 Things to Consider When Thinking About Your Job
For some of us, our current job represents a gateway to a meaningful career. For others, it may be the very means to survival.
Whatever you may feel about your job now, know that God offers Himself to you. You need not go into it alone.

Am I Really My Sinful Self? Yes and No
Someone told me they had stumbled on a great new discipline strategy for their children. When this person caught their child doing something wrong, the child was stopped. The parent would tell them, “That’s not who you are!”
In one sense, that's true.

4 Truths to Guard Your Mind Against Destructive Thoughts
Just a scroll on social media is enough to put our confidence to shame. Even though we know that what we see on social media only displays the “truths” that others wish to portray, sometimes we can’t help but get sucked into its trap.
Let me paint a picture of some of my thoughts when I don’t guard my mind against the destructive nature of social media.

Battling the "I'm Not Good Enough" Lie
I was sitting in the bathroom, struggling to breathe, tears flowing down my cheeks. “You are not good enough,” my thoughts whispered. “Yes, I am not good enough for anything,” I responded. I let out a shout of frustration, then banged my fist against the wall, crying even harder.

Isolation's Ending . . . Should I Have Done More?
A friend asks me through the flames, “So, Maddy. What have you been doing these last few months?”
The fire crackles. I feel the eyes on me. It’s my turn to share, and suddenly, socializing doesn’t seem so easy and pleasant.
What have I been doing?

To the Church, From Same-Sex Attracted Me
I write this letter and share my experience anonymously because I honestly don’t know what the reactions will be. I worry that parents will cast dark looks at me and pull their kids away from me. I fear being hurt in the same way that many people have already hurt me: by insisting that same-sex attraction (SSA) was something I chose and I could definitely turn away from it if I tried hard enough.