by Lanie Anderson | Aug 7, 2017 | Church, Correction
There is a fine line between correction and condemnation. How do we—people of the church—correct one another without condemning one another?
by Lanie Anderson | May 30, 2017 | Faith
I closed the door behind my parents as they left our two-bedroom apartment near campus. Bows and wrapping paper, half-eaten cupcakes, stoles cords, and a tassel sprinkled the living room. I’d gather them later; I just made a beeline to the bedroom. Still in my...
by Lanie Anderson | May 12, 2017 | Relationships
Will and I condensed 4.5 dates of conversations into our first date in 2012. We sidestepped small talk and went straight to things like beliefs about God, personality types, bucket lists, and childhood memories. After attending a basketball game and shutting down a...
by Lanie Anderson | Apr 4, 2017 | Church, Culture
My cheeks were still flushed from last Tuesday night’s conversation as I fumbled from my side of the bed to the bathroom early Wednesday morning. I work in campus ministry and had planned a late-night honest conversation for girls on the True Love Waits Movement,...
by Lanie Anderson | Mar 16, 2017 | Faith
If you’ve followed the new NBC television show, “This Is Us,” then you know how powerfully it speaks of what it means to be human. Recently, the show exposed Randall’s longstanding battle with anxiety. Randall was adopted, but his father...