I WILL be drinking a ton of coffee, you’d better believe that. However, here’s the two things you need to know: I will NOT be drinking alcohol either on my 21st birthday or any other day following it. I thoroughly believe you can be a Christian and drink alcohol. I mean, you can be a …
5 things to beat loneliness as an introvert
Hey there, beloved! How’s your quarantine going? I wanted to chat about loneliness today. I’m an introvert, yet—yes—quarantine still gets me in a funk sometimes. I don’t go as stir crazy, perhaps, as an extrovert, but no one wants to be 100% alone! (P.S. I’m not ignoring you extroverts! I’ll be focusing on you next …
devotions / the desire study + a video to get you excited about worship
Happy new week, beloved ones! Are you guys hanging in there? I’m super excited because I’m writing a new book. It was meant to be a devotional, but the format became more like a book. I can’t complain! Last night I was writing into the wee hours of the night. God had put a lot …
let’s go on a picnic: note from the editor of worship issue
All right, beloved: let’s go on a picnic! What kind of tea would you like? Or are you more of a coffee gal (same, pal!)? We’ve got cookies, butterfly teacups, fun notebooks to doodle and brainstorm in, and the Worship issue! Chill out with this aesthetic, peaceful video for a couple minutes. I also read …
outside-of-the-box ways to worship
This article (compiled by Allison Joiner, Hannah Davis, and Amanda Brown) is a sneak peek at the May/June issue of Oh Beloved One. Stay tuned! Preorders begin April 8, and magazines begin shipping in a couple weeks! Make sure you’re on our mailing list to get notified when the issue releases. FIRST OFF 1. Worship …
BOOK CLUB: adventures in saying yes
Hi everyone and welcome to the February OBO Book Club. This year we have a new project wherein our writers tackle one nonfiction book each month and provide a review at the end of the read. I’m Lisa from Inkwell and I’m kicking off February with a pre-read post for Adventures in Saying Yes by …
a FREE devotional study about being still [exodus 14:14]
A couple weeks ago, I posted about my word for the year: still. I didn’t want to just choose a word for the year because, A.) I’m tired of making New Years Resolutions just because everyone else does and B.) I’m tired of feeling like I need to choose a word of the year because …
how to actually read your Bible (whether it’s the new year or not)
This special feature article, written by Olivia Nickerson, wasn’t in our latest issue of OBO! Enjoy this bonus feature as a blog reader. Lucky you! It will be the New Year by the time you read this article, despite my writing it in November 2019. I can’t believe how fast 2019 went by, and I …
grab this free 2020 reflect + plan workbook
Here we go, cruising right into the Roaring Twenties! It’s been a crazy year . . . lots of amazing things, lots of hard things. We love a good introspective session and we’re also suckers for cutely designed workbooks so we combined the two to create this FREE reflect + plan workbook. You don’t even …
why you should choose a theme word for 2020
The first time I heard about a “word of the year” was reading Robin Jones Gunn’s blog (a Christian fiction writer whose novels really helped mold my teenage years). At first, I couldn’t imagine narrowing down a whole year to one word, especially since the year hadn’t even begun yet. Who knew what word I …