Catharine I’ve been faced with a challenge that many women, especially women raised in traditional, conservative environments face: how to be both strong and feminine. It’s honestly something that has challenged me as much in my personal life as it is challenging me as I try to put my finger on the exact tone I want this blog to have.
I want this to be a beautiful place, a gentle and kind place, and an affirming place. I want people to enjoy spending time on this site, and to leave it feeling encouraged, not brought down.
At the same time, I want to talk about some seriously messed-up stuff that I see in the world, and in the church. That’s not “cozy.” So the previous site name, The Cozy Christian, just didn’t seem to fit. I want to write about sex, politics, abortion, freedom of religion… all kinds of things that aren’t “cozy,” and don’t really fit into the box that I’d created.
I’m still dealing with a juxtaposition of sweet things with serious things. I hope eventually I’ll be able to either thematically unify them, or be able to separate them visually on the blog (right now, they are separated by categories at the top menu).
So for now, we’re going with a new name- “Coffee with Catharine” ! Because coffee can be both sweet and serious. We can talk about ANYTHING over a cup of coffee. All of the things.
Let me know in the comments what you want to see more of! Sweet things? Serious things? A little of both?
Thanks for being here :).
