Samantha Krieger is a writer and editor in Dallas, TX. Samantha and her husband, Jeremiah, have two children: John (3), Rebekah (1), and her third child will be arriving late June. She blogs weekly at: samanthakrieger.com and tweets at: @samanthakrieger. “Like...
Today is officially the first day of spring. (Insert Woop! Woop! Sound) After a snowy winter, I welcome this new season with open arms. I think I have a billion or so reasons I love spring, but here are four that come to mind: 1. Play. Play. Play. The longer sunny...
I recently learned of a leader of an organization who fell in disgrace. I should have felt compassion, but all I felt was contempt. I knew too much. I’d heard one too many stories of the misappropriation of funds and the over-reporting of the non-profit’s...
As Lent continues, and I’m determined to give up contempt for six weeks, I’m beginning to see more clearly the harm contempt does in my life. Contempt is like a wide wedge that slips in my life and my relationships—separating me from God and others whenever I allow it...
This year I gave up something unusual for Lent: Contempt. After more than a week of giving up contempt for Lent, I’ve discovered something rather unremarkable: I have a lot of contempt in my life. Honestly. Not surprising. What caught me off guard, though, was...
Dear Friends, Over the last few years, I’ve fallen in love with Lent. The opportunity to set apart time specifically to seek God for forty days and grow in my relationship with Him in the weeks preceding Easter has become like a balm to my soul-providing...
