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Destroying the Body of Christ: Selfishness
In the past year or so, I have come to the strange realization that I am in the most self-centered season of my life. I know it sounds strange, but bear with me. I am currently a college student, which means that the purpose of these four years of my life is to prepare for my future career. Between taking classes, networking, and planning my career path, I am in a space in which everything I do is supposed to be focused on my own life. This starkly contrasts ideas of marriage
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5 days ago6 min read


Destroying the Body of Christ: Gossip
As I was developing my ideas for this series, I began compiling a mental list of all the different ways that I have seen the body of...
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Oct 108 min read


Destroying the Body of Christ: Introduction
Welcome to the start of a brand new series, and one that I have been so excited to start. Lately, the approach I have been taking to the...
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Sep 267 min read


Authentic Life Update: A Summer of Serving
I have been excited to write about this ever since the summer began, and this is truthfully because I have been in such awe of what the...
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Sep 129 min read


Backwards Kingdom: Self-Sacrifice
As crazy as it seems, this series is already coming to an end. I have loved diving into what the kingdom of Christ looks like compared to...
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Aug 294 min read


Backwards Kingdom: Rejecting Culture
Part of living in a broken world while representing a backwards kingdom means that we are called to more than just not living like the...
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Aug 156 min read


Backwards Kingdom: Productivity
Out of the many things that I have noticed about my generation, one that sticks out is the fact that we live around a hustle-obsessed...
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Aug 15 min read


Backwards Kingdom: Finding Worth
One thing that I have struggled with my entire life is defining what it is that gives me worth. Ever since I was little, I was known as a...
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Jul 186 min read


Backwards Kingdom: Introduction
Looking back at the last three years of my life, ever since I started my blog back in May of 2022, I honestly was shocked to see that I...
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Jul 45 min read


Authentic Life Update: Finding My Way
As you guys probably know, doing my authentic life updates is probably my favorite thing that I get to do on the blog. While I have loved...
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Jun 207 min read


Dating & Marriage: How to Prepare
The interesting thing about the demographic of people that engage with Authentic Faith is that you are all in very different areas of...
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Jun 612 min read


Dating & Marriage: Purity
Growing up in the church, I had heard the word “purity” countless times, yet I feel like it was a topic that was tiptoed around. I didn’t...
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May 239 min read


Dating & Marriage: Role of the Husband
Growing up, I heard plenty about the role of a wife in a Godly marriage. Between growing up in church and being surrounded by many women...
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May 98 min read


Dating & Marriage: Role of the Wife
It’s always funny how topics that I had planned on writing about end up popping into my life without me expecting it, and this is no...
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Apr 259 min read


Dating & Marriage: Purpose
There is a lot to cover when it comes to Biblical marriage and dating, and I honestly struggled a bit to decide where to start. After...
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Apr 119 min read


Dating & Marriage: Introduction
This is a series that I have been thinking about doing a lot lately, and I am really excited to finally be jumping into it. As you can...
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Mar 285 min read


The Importance of Fellowship
I have this vivid memory from last fall: my friend and I were sitting on the top of my car, watching the sunset from the top of a hill,...
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Mar 148 min read


Why Mindset Matters
For those of you who went to school with me before I graduated, you are probably way too familiar with the term “growth mindset”. For...
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Feb 285 min read


How to be Intentional
I’ve noticed in the last few years that the word “intentional” is a real buzzword in Christian community. I see it used mostly in the...
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Feb 145 min read


Comparison
I’m sure that you have all heard the phrase “comparison is the thief of joy”. This is often seen as an over-repeated cliche, but this is...
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Jan 314 min read
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