I am learning. Gradually, painfully, joyfully, beautifully, that life is fragile & time is finite. God pushes, I pull. I expect to follow God in a life of comfort. That’s funny, really. Lukewarm. Hoping to build a kingdom with a puny faith. What I’ve come to recognize is that my faith is stuck in a…
Centered
I am filled up, refreshed, and reminded of who I am created to be. I thought God was bringing me home this weekend because my family needed me. But after a quick 2 days home it was clear I was the one who needed them so badly. Sometimes my clearest communication with God feels a bit…
Fruitful
Ephesians 3:17-19 I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power together to grasp how wide and how long and how deep is the love of Christ. A month ago, I wouldn’t have bet a million dollars that folding laundry for a month would change my life. But I left 25 days of…
Goosebump Chasing
It’s easy to feel God in our goosebump moments. I’m talking about the way a worship song can urge you to lift your hands to heaven, a cabin full of young life campers crying together in their brokenness, a mission trip changing the way you count your blessings. These types of moments are designed for goosebumps. They’re…
Construction site
I think I forget that I am not finished yet. I fear being insignificant. I fear not being enough for people. Or perhaps I fear not being enough for God..? Lately, I forget the beauty of committing our lives to Christ. Initially discovering the beauty of Christ is full of joy & peace & freedom – talk…
A Lesson in Loneliness
“When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don’t throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer.” -Corrie Ten Boom Single-ness is quite the sit-still experiment for me. God’s teaching me about who I am as an individual for the first time in a long…
Leaning In
“Patience means trusting God even when the circumstances haven’t yet changed.” Let’s start simply. Spring quarter has hit me like a truck. I would be lying if I didn’t admit the truck hit my faith pretty hard too. Busy, busy, busy. Winter quarter & a schedule of 3 GE’s was a silly little tease compared to this…
He is Risen, Indeed
Today we celebrate – because today we are sons & daughters of a king – a king who conquered the grave. Today, we are free to live in joy & hope because our redeemer lives. Today – He is risen! He is risen indeed. God seems to show up in the craziest places – and…
Wholehearted Joy 