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Rhythms of Relationship: Becoming A True Friend
A few months ago, I wrote an article for Legacy about friendship. In it, I tried to be as honest as possible about the struggle of being a transplant in Mississippi’s foreign culture, and my own hang-ups with making new friends. I hit send. Weeks passed. A couple of months. Then the article went live. …
Read MoreBack in the Habit of Blogging
I am out of the habit of blogging. This will not come as a shock to anyone who has been keeping an eye on this space. My little corner of the internet has been pin-drop quiet for quite some time. I took a break in the months leading up to my book deadline — but…
Read MoreAre You Tired of The Hot Mess Mom?
“So, have you noticed that it’s a lot easier to take care of your home now? You know, since you’re not working anymore and can focus fully on your responsibilities?” I smiled and thought, That’s not loaded at all. I said, “It’s been great to be on summer vacation, but I’ve actually felt like I’ve…
Read MoreCareer or Home: Where Should a Wife Find Her Satisfaction
What should satisfy wives is the same thing that should satisfy husbands.
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Invite Jasmine to Your Next Event See EventsBook Jasmine Jasmine Holmes is a Texas-born, teacher, author, and speaker. She has written or been featured at The Gospel Coalition, Desiring God, Christianity Today, Modern Reformation, Fathom Mag, and The Witness BCC. She writes on the topic of identity, and it’s intersection with Christianity, ethnicity, womanhood, and…
Read MoreBe The Change You Want To See On The Internet
I’m not making these proclamations as a voice from on high. My social media forays bring out just as much pettiness in me as I see in others. If we’re talking logs and specks, I’m walking around with a California redwood lodged in my eye. Here are three things I would love to see less of (and more of) on social media.
Read MoreMore Than a Love Story
I want to talk about the “cool Christian girl” we so often paint in our heads. I want to talk about the Proverbs 31 woman and how she’s not a law for our day-to-day lives, but a tableau for all kinds of facets of womanhood. I want to talk about Deborah. Priscilla. Phoebe. But first, we…
Read MoreMaking Home In Mississippi
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.
Read MoreOn Being a Grown Up: A Follow-Up Post
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.
Read MoreRegrets of a “Stay-At-Home” Daughter
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…
Read MoreGrowing Up Black In the Purity Movement
This is my story, shared in the hope that it would help us to investigate and reexamine the birth of some of our priorities.
Read MoreBeginning At The Beginning
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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