Lately, I've been feeling extra festive. The playing of Christmas music on the radio and in public places is finally accepted by everyone (I hope), decorations are up, sappy romantic commercials are airing, and everything extra sugary and fattening is piling up in our break rooms and grocery carts. We're contemplating what gifts to give to those … Continue reading does your {Christ}mas include {Christ}?
The tongue is the strongest muscle in the human body. Is this surprising? I mean I don't know about you, but when I first heard this, I was a little perplexed. When I think about strong muscles, I think about legs that endure running marathons or doing squats. Or a 6-pack of abs. Or that one … Continue reading speak life, or speak death
Lately I've been thinking about the ways that we contribute to our own unhappiness. How sometimes, no matter if we know what the end results of our decisions will be, time and time again we choose to pursue that path of destruction. How even though we said we would never go to that place again, or … Continue reading chained by our own authority
A couple weeks ago, I watched a sermon that changed my life. Literally. It was one of those sermons in which the presence of the Holy Spirit is so undeniably present in and through the speaker, and causes you to rethink your relationships, reevaluate your approach to living, and reconsider the indescribable value and identity that our Creator … Continue reading Re{source}ful
Dogs are people, just in different bodies. I'm convinced of it. It's very difficult for me to write this post and to not get emotional. My sweet, precious baby boy, named Bear, is sick. My 85-pound, fluffy, lively, beautiful Australian Shepherd has been refusing to eat normal amounts of food, become increasingly shaky and wobbly as he walks around, and is … Continue reading Trusting Through the Trials
I haven't written in a while. A long while. Since June of last year, to be specific. And today, not only was I questioned why I hadn't written, but I was reminded that it was indeed a very good time to share some of the overwhelming thoughts, experiences, realizations, and epiphanies that have accumulated in … Continue reading Testing, Testing 1,2,3…
Lately I've been thinking about the popular advice you'll receive from culture, which can be stated several different ways, but ultimately means the same thing: Do what you feel, or what makes you happy; follow your heart. I mean, Roxette said it best in 1988 (I wasn't even born, or thought of) when she sang … Continue reading {don’t} follow your heart
At almost 22 years old (3 more days to go, woo!), I've begun to reflect on the past ideas and plans that I had for myself. I remember back in high school, my friends and I would talk about our futures like we could actually make everything happen the way we wanted it to. We … Continue reading Makin’ Plans
And He said to them, "Because of the littleness of your faith; for truly I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there', and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you." Matthew 17:20 Remember when you … Continue reading Dream Big, Pray Bigger
So I don't know about anyone else, but this week has been especially challenging. In the midst of appointments, meetings, volunteering, planning, working on my application for grad school, keeping up with 5 classes, and maintaining some sort of social life, I found myself tired and irritable. The busier I was, the more difficult it … Continue reading Thank you, Apple
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