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Marriage

Making Home In Mississippi

Jasmine HolmesMar 24, 2018

This move involved me submitting to my husband’s leadership. But it involved sacrifices for all of us. As we continue to forge our family’s identity  — as both of us continue to make this the Holmes home  — I’m grateful for every lesson that comes my way.

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Womanhood

Womanhood Without A Checklist

Jasmine HolmesMar 17, 2018

It’s not my job to give you a checklist. That scares some people. They read my blog and think what the heck will these women do if they don’t have the caricature to live by?! The answer: the Word.

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Womanhood

White-Knuckling, Navel-Gazing, & Womanhood

Jasmine HolmesMar 8, 2018

We can break free. We can walk by the truth of the Scripture and leave the culture baggage right there on the shelf.

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Womanhood

Propaganda and Biblical Womanhood

Jasmine HolmesMar 4, 2018

We have a choice. We can rely on the sword of Truth, or on the sword of an old-school propaganda technique.

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Adulthood

On Being a Grown Up: A Follow-Up Post

Jasmine HolmesFeb 24, 2018

Not everyone will like this growth process, and, truly, that’s okay. Not everyone will be on the same journey, and that’s all right, too. But growing up is never easy.

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Adulthood

Regrets of a “Stay-At-Home” Daughter

Jasmine HolmesFeb 19, 2018

I’ve been told more than once that I’m shockingly normal. Not because I have three heads or a third eye or a tail, but because my dad wrote books about strong, godly families and people are curious to see how his strong, godly daughter turned out. I tease my husband that my childhood dreams of becoming a world-renowned author would come true the minute I committed to a tell-all book. What was it like growing up in the “perfect homeschool family.” How holy am I as a result of it? The answer is, I grew up in a wonderful, imperfect…

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Fashion

A Conversation With Cataphant

Jasmine HolmesFeb 11, 2018

A few weeks ago, one of my dearest friends sent me a care package. She’d included a few of my favorite things: two vampy lipsticks, a bar of oatmeal soap, and a gorgeous pair of floral earrings. The earrings were unlike anything I’d ever bought before. They were beautifully hand-painted and surprisingly lightweight for being as big and bold as they were. I had to know who made them and where I could get a pair. I can’t leave the house wearing them without someone asking me the same questions. I recently had the pleasure of meeting their talented creator,…

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Adulthood

“Just Preach The Gospel” & Snow Days

Jasmine HolmesJan 23, 2018

When it comes to race, too often “just preach the gospel,” means “just shut up.” Just tell people that Christ died to save sinners and the race stuff will take care of itself.

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Adulthood

So You’ve Read A New Book

Jasmine HolmesJan 18, 2018

Before I become that obnoxious millennial who reads one book and thinks she’s an expert, I’ve drafted a list of do’s and don’t’s for myself.

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Culture, Ethnicity

Growing Up Black In the Purity Movement

Jasmine HolmesJan 10, 2018

This is my story, shared in the hope that it would help us to investigate and reexamine the birth of some of our priorities.

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Recommendations

January Reading List

Jasmine HolmesJan 7, 2018

This year, I’m taking my reading list month-by-month.

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Womanhood

Beginning At The Beginning

Jasmine HolmesJan 4, 2018

We’re so used to battling out the minutiae of woman’s identity. But we can’t understand that apart from mankind’s broader calling from creation.

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