by Dorothy Greco | Dec 20, 2018 | Articles, The Mudroom
What does it look like to walk in integrity as a Caucasian follower of Christ? (I’m focusing on white folks because that’s my heritage and because I believe we need to up our game in the integrity department.) A contemporary definition of integrity reads “to...
by Dorothy Greco | Feb 24, 2018 | Articles, Spirituality, The Mudroom
Is it biblical for Christians to agree to disagree? That depends. When writing to the Corinthian Church regarding issues that were divisive, the Apostle Paul discouraged fellow believers from criticizing or condemning each other and instead, encouraged them to “live...
by Dorothy Greco | Nov 16, 2017 | Articles, Growing Up, The Mudroom
Desire is sometimes a complicated thing. Author Jen Pollock Michel writes in Teach Us to Want, “How can we ever decide that our desires are anything other than the sin-sick expression of our inner corruption? Can we trust our desires if we ourselves can be so...
by Dorothy Greco | Oct 17, 2017 | Articles, Marriage & Family, The Mudroom
The first week of seventh grade, our second son came home with a novel written by an unfamiliar author. Ever curious, I sat down to read it after he went to bed. About half way through, the narrator, an adolescent boy, began the chapter with this thought, “If God did...
by Dorothy Greco | Mar 13, 2017 | Articles, Marriage & Family, The Mudroom
In the course of my twenty-five year marriage, we’ve made good sex a priority. That doesn’t mean it’s been effortless. Anything in marriage that’s good takes effort and intentionality. In all regards, we’re still a work in progress. We had more than a few vulnerable...
by Dorothy Greco | Jan 26, 2017 | Articles, Making Marriage Beautiful, Marriage & Family, The Mudroom
Months before my husband and I went away for our tenth anniversary, I began to fantasize about the celebratory getaway. We would eat dinners by candlelight, give each other extravagant presents, walk along the beach reminiscing about our wonderfulness, and of course,...