By Christine Hoover I knew it was going to be a bad day from the second I opened my eyes and put my feet to the floor. I knew because I recognized that sense of defiance, weariness, and stubbornness sitting heavy in my heart again, those feelings that tell me this day’s going to be...

From Executive Director Owen Strachan: As CBMW is seeking support for our $30,000 matching campaign, we thought we would take this opportunity to introduce our readership to some evangelical leaders who support complementarianism and CBMW. Today, we interview Courtney Reissig, Assistant Editor of Karis.  Thanks for reading, and please join us in our campaign! When did...

  By Courtney Reissig [Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on CBMW about five years ago. It was written long before Courtney Reissig (then Courtney Tarter) was married or had children, but we felt that because of it’s reception back then and because she is working on expanding this article into a book, it was a...

  By Lori Harding   I saw a friend at church several weeks ago and as we passed each other that Sunday morning, he asked how I was. I know him pretty well. He is in the community group my husband and I have been attending for several years. Although I was crumbling inside, I...

By Melissa McDonald I have a two year old and a one year old. I can get tired just thinking about it. But mostly I’m tired because they need me from early in the morning until they lay down at night (and often after they lay down). It’s tempting to make all my decisions based...

  By Beverly Chao Berrus Weddings can be stress inducing. Being a third culture kid, I have witnessed complicated and tense exchanges in families as a result of differing ethnic or cultural expectations on either side. Maybe the mounting tension is over a difference of ceremony or reception preferences, or over the issue of whether...