Advent Sunday 3: Peace Reflections from Zephaniah 3 & Luke 1 Angry shouts ring out. A door is slammed. A gun goes off. A siren wails in the night. Wars rage across the planet. Gang violence ravages neighborhoods. Bullies rule the school yard. Marriages rip apart in homes. And we all just… Continue reading Peace in the Midst of Chaos
Advent Sunday 2: Love Reflections from Isaiah 41 They fling their words desperately, Angry accusations tinged with pain – “How could a loving God Allow so much suffering in the world?” All around our parched, longing souls Lie disease, storms, destruction, Aches and fears, lies and fights. Where is the love of God… Continue reading Oh, What Love Divine!
Advent Sunday 1: Hope Reflections from Isaiah 9 We walk in the gloom of anguish. We walk in thick darkness, our heads bowed low, our hearts burdened heavy, our tears breaking out. Sin weighs us down. Pain, disease, heartache, despair— They seem to touch every corner Of our messy and fragile… Continue reading And So, We Hope this Christmas
The first half of my twenties were filled with adventure, memories, laughter, and a good share of angst that culminated in a devastating heartbreak right before my 25th birthday. The second half of my twenties saw healing, growth, and an embracing of who God had made me to be. My 30th birthday was a beautiful… Continue reading Dear 35: I Hope You Build with Courage
It was a warm Sunday in July when she asked me, “Would you consider going on the Italy short-term team this November?” Only the week prior had I listened to this fiery, warm-hearted lady and her husband share to our college group about their time as missionaries, and I had felt that stirring within me… Continue reading The Call to Go to Italy
The past few months have been fraught with political ads, campaign slogans, and headlines promising progress from one side and destruction from the other. Frankly, the rhetoric can feel overwhelming and draining at times. It can be tempting to want to push it aside and say, “I’ll just focus on other things.” That would be… Continue reading Election Season + Proverbs
The past month and a half have not been easy for me. The teacher life has a few extra challenges this year, and while I love getting to create new programs at a school I adore, I’ve been hitting the end of my physical and mental rope. The days sometimes blur together, the nights are… Continue reading His Daily Promise: He Will Sustain Me, Sanctify Me & Satisfy Me
Life is not a fairy tale. Wishes don’t come true on command. Princes don’t show up on cue. Happy endings aren’t guaranteed. And singing animals don’t flock About princesses in captivity. Life—real life—is messy and broken. Sometimes you’re weeping into your pillow, Staring out the window at bleak prospects, Praying the same tired prayers… Continue reading Life is Not a Fairy Tale
Do you ever get extremely annoyed by the extremes to which extremists overuse the word “extreme”? In our current cultural rhetoric, it seems like any time something happens that the other side doesn’t like, it’s blamed on “the extreme right” or “the extreme left.” Do the extreme right and extreme left exist? Yes, unfortunately they… Continue reading If Everything is Extreme, Then Nothing is Extreme
It’s been almost a month since I’ve posted a blog post or written anything meaningful. Granted, last month was filled with putting up the show I was directing all summer, The Sound of Music, as well as prepping for the start of a new school year. But I knew that wasn’t the real reason I… Continue reading Writing My Way Through This Drought
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