http://www.radiantmag.com/Recent Online Feature Articles from radiantmag.com.en-usFri, 27 Jun 2008 21:59:58 -050060http://www.radiantmag.com/article.php?ID=446To be the salt of the earth, I have to start in my world.Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500http://www.radiantmag.com/article.php?ID=445This place wasn't in "the middle of nowhere." It was nowhere.Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500http://www.radiantmag.com/article.php?ID=444If I am not happy now, an amazing job, a husband, a role in ministry is not necessarily going to change that fact.Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500http://www.radiantmag.com/article.php?ID=443After the diamond engagement ring came to grace my finger, I found myself in the midst of wedding planning as many women never envision it: as a partnership.Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500http://www.radiantmag.com/article.php?ID=442I know at some point in my life I have to be content with who I am and how I look. I guess I am not quite there yet.Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500http://www.radiantmag.com/article.php?ID=441Am I known as a Christian for what I don’t do?Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500http://www.radiantmag.com/article.php?ID=440Hallmark has yet to create an “I cooked dinner instead of eating Subway!” greeting card, and I'm pretty sure Evite wasn't designed for me to ask others to join in the joy of my desperate attempts at programming my DVR for watching The Office five nights in a row.Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500http://www.radiantmag.com/article.php?ID=439When I was out there, wracked with sobs, God was doing something, working something in me. And I don't have any idea what.Fri, 23 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500http://www.radiantmag.com/article.php?ID=438My "priorities," as I was calling them, ranged from long-term career goals to obscure names that I wanted to index for the daughter or son that my husband and I might have within the next decade.Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500http://www.radiantmag.com/article.php?ID=437My primary source of identity hinged on how appealing I happened to look that day.Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500http://www.radiantmag.com/article.php?ID=436It’s funny how, now that the dust is settling from our family’s latest drama, it turns out we were all looking for the same thing.Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500http://www.radiantmag.com/article.php?ID=435Sitting on the train that stubbornly refused to carry me to my destination, I realized that my Romantic Ideal of Travel does not actually exist. Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500http://www.radiantmag.com/article.php?ID=434We are told to “count it all joy” when we experience trials of all kinds. Joy in trials? Joy in pain? Seems an absurd idea.Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500http://www.radiantmag.com/article.php?ID=433I enjoy knowing that different ideas and points of view are pulsating around me on the city streets, and yet it's easy to remain unchanged.Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500http://www.radiantmag.com/article.php?ID=432We live in somber times—but I just can’t believe that an extra measure of gravitas will carry us on to victory.Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500http://www.radiantmag.com/article.php?ID=431Our marriage counselor warned us about potential pitfalls. But little did we know what a dangerous phrase “some assembly required” would turn out to be.Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500http://www.radiantmag.com/article.php?ID=430I’ve often found myself feeling the zing of conviction thump my chest, only to glance around to see who it was really meant for.Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500http://www.radiantmag.com/article.php?ID=429I’m starting to get it—small beginnings are not a sign of failure.Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500http://www.radiantmag.com/article.php?ID=428Obedience to God is not always a sun-kissed pillow in heaven coated with roses and chocolates. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500http://www.radiantmag.com/article.php?ID=427Anything that has to do with slowing down, appreciating and resting solicits polar reactions from me.Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500