It might be the awkward homeschooler in me, but I am not very good at small talk. Sure, while I worked in customer service for a short period of time I learned to start and carry on short conversations with people I didn’t know well. But when it comes to someone I’m closer to, someone… Continue reading James: Endurance, Wisdom, and Impartiality
Author: Rachel Hagaman
Hello beautiful people! My name is Rachel and first and foremost I am a disciple of Christ. I am also a proud Michigan dairy farmer with the hope to one day partner in taking over my family farm. I am a wife and fur momma working daily to grow into a better, God-fearing wife and real momma. I'm a self proclaimed chef and an aspiring oly weightlifter. This is the documentary of my failures and blunders through my life that are growing me into being the woman God designed me to be. I am sharing my journey in order to help others learn from my mistakes and have God's strength be highlighted in my weakness. Thanks to everyone who takes time to listen to my ramblings!
James: Bold and Humble
I chuckled nervously as I back tracked to explain and soften something I had just said that came off potentially offensive in today’s cultural climate. I sighed and said, “I don’t even know what I can say anymore!” While I want to work on my boldness (yet tact in execution) of truth despite how it… Continue reading James: Bold and Humble
Good Even When We Don’t Feel It
I know I promised the start of a series on James this week, but I am yet again taking a small tangent. While I am continuing to study that loaded book of the Bible, I want to share something else that has also been on the forefront of my mind: God’s goodness in undesirable circumstances.… Continue reading Good Even When We Don’t Feel It
Come What May
Next week I plan to start a new series in which we’ll be taking a deep dive into the book of James. But for this week, I wanted to share something that has been pressing on my heart: the need for the Christian to be ready. The world is crazy right now. Between natural disasters… Continue reading Come What May
Lukewarm People and a Fiery Rebuke
When I was a kid, I remember some of my parent’s corrections feeling way too harsh. I was convinced I didn’t need that strong of a rebuke. Now as an adult myself and having the opportunity to see some of my sister’s parenting, I understand that correction, particularly on important issues, can’t be overly soft.… Continue reading Lukewarm People and a Fiery Rebuke
Tiny But Mighty
When I was a kid, I was regularly in the holiday plays my family church would put on. One year, I played an elderly woman who was the director or something of a community organization or a church. While I don’t fully remember my character’s role, I do remember that she had a little (stuffed… Continue reading Tiny But Mighty
Books to Read in 2021
First I need to apologize for sliding in so late into the beginning of the year with a blogpost. I think anyone watching the news in America would agree that we haven’t started this year off on the smoothest track and, unfortunately, the same could be said of my personal life. While this isn’t my… Continue reading Books to Read in 2021
2020 in the Breaking
As I sit here with a dull ache in my chest and a heaviness on my mind, I don’t fully know what to write. How do you put into words a year that went so wrong? How do you summarize the canceled plans, unexpected tragedy, the worldwide brokenness into one blogpost by one insignificant person?… Continue reading 2020 in the Breaking
Dead Inside
In his commentary on Revelation, Craig S. Keener recalls the story of Micky Cohen, a Los Angeles gangster of the 1940s. While Cohen did make a public declaration of faith at one point, he was confronted my his Christian friends who noted that he hadn’t changed his lifestyle. Cohen said, “You never told me I… Continue reading Dead Inside
Absolutely Relative
“You do you.” “It’s your life!” “Live your truth.” I went through a phase of life where I said these things in one way or another. I went from a borderline legalistic Christian to a moral relativist. I was quick to change the traditional definition of tolerance to the currently popular redefinition of tolerance that… Continue reading Absolutely Relative
Failing Forward 