by Dorothy Greco | Oct 29, 2019 | Articles, Healthy Relationships
Being an encourager has not come naturally to me. I was raised in a family where criticism flowed freely. This left me with a heightened awareness of my flaws and a propensity toward fault-finding. Not long after I got married and started having children, I felt...
by Dorothy Greco | Oct 25, 2019 | Biola Center for Marriage and Relationships
Because we are part of the body of Christ, we have a corporate responsibility to support each other, particularly when things get difficult. This is especially true if we stood up for our friends or answered the following wedding-day question affirmatively: “Will all...
by Dorothy Greco | Oct 25, 2019 | Articles, The Mudroom
There is a lazy Susan in my head. It spins around and around, presenting me with infinite ideas, concerns, and undone projects. The teachings for the weekend conference. The adult son wrestling with his faith. The maple tree that leans ever closer to the house but...
by Dorothy Greco | Sep 9, 2019 | Articles, The Mudroom
The most damaging and hurtful criticism frequently spoken over me as a child was this simple phrase: “You’re too sensitive!” I was three or four the first time I remember hearing it. The hours I spent playing in our small sandbox were punctuated by frequent requests...
by Dorothy Greco | Sep 9, 2019 | Aging, Articles, Perennial Gen
I expected the hot flashes and night sweats. I braced for the mood swings. What I wasn’t prepared for was the anger: the white-hot, surging-through-my-veins anger. Offenses that I had successfully overlooked for the previous five decades pricked this vein, including:...
by Dorothy Greco | Jul 13, 2019 | Art, Photography, & Beauty, Blog
Peonies originate from China. They come in every color except blue. Every year I eagerly await their blooms and mourn when the last petals drop off. The American Peony Society has 6500 different cultivars. I’ve probably only seen about twenty-five. Peonies are...
by Dorothy Greco | Jun 25, 2019 | Articles, The Mudroom
Sex matters. Not simply how we have sex, but how and what we think about sex. Figuring all of this out is seldom simple because the extremes views—represented by contemporary hook-up culture and purity movement—dominate the conversation even as they mislead us. The...
by Dorothy Greco | Jun 25, 2019 | Articles, Biola Center for Marriage and Relationships
I had only been up for an hour, and thanks to Instagram, I’d already violated the 10th commandment three times. I coveted my friend’s trip of a lifetime (that she seems to take every six months); then a neighbor’s custom-made chicken coop and backyard garden; and...
