by Valorie Quesenberry | May 6, 2014 | children, guilt, kids, motherhood, parenting, rest
I need to confess.Mother’s Day can make me depressed.Not because I dislike being a mother; I absolutely cherish it. Not because I have a bad mother; she was and is an outstanding one. Not because my husbands and kids neglect me; they certainly don’t. And not because I...
by Valorie Quesenberry | Apr 13, 2014 | holiness, marriage, submission
For too long, submission has been seen as a theme of “other” denominations. We of Wesleyan persuasion have had a lot of angst about jumping into the water. Maybe it’s because of our tradition in which women have had a greater part in church activity and administration...
by Valorie Quesenberry | Mar 12, 2014 | marriage, relationships
Heroes and TreasuresIt’s taken for granted, at least according to the common line of humor, that married couples are bored with each other. And some even go so far as to suggest that it is natural for them to be at odds with one another. It’s supposed to be funny that...
by Valorie Quesenberry | Feb 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
~ another in a series of posts for my favorite Southern girls, my daughters ~In the south, etiquette is almost a religion. We believe in decorum. That’s an old-fashioned word that means we have certain ways of doing things. And ladies are the guardians of...
by Valorie Quesenberry | Feb 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
Unreasonable.Irrational.Illogical.Dangerous.While not necessarily expressed verbally, these are some of the descriptive terms many evolutionary scientists believe apply to creationists. Regardless of intelligence, education, integrity and body of work, anyone who...
