“Wait what?” I stared dead face at my pastor, having no idea what he just said, in the middle of my vows. IN THE MIDDLE OF MY VOWS! AT MY WEDDING! It was probably the most humid day I have ever experienced — like so humid my knees were sweating and all I could think …
“What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?” A group of 15 socially-distanced twenty somethings quietly pondered our “ice-breaker” question at the start of bible study. We sat in silence for a good few minutes wondering “what if?” It was a hard question for me to answer. I am such …
I haven’t journaled, really sat down and journaled, for going on two months now. It’s not from a lack of thoughts; in fact, it’s the opposite. I’m afraid to sit down because I know that thankfulness and wonder and pain and awe and fear are all going to tumble out of my pen, and I’m …
It’s tempting, isn’t it, to take messy endings and wrap them up in a neat bow of “everything is fine”? To look at difficult circumstances—a hard move, a broken friendship, even death—and dismiss them with “it’s all going to be okay”? I do this all too often. When I write, I want my readers to …
I haven’t made a serious New Year’s resolution for the past four years. Before then, my resolutions were either sweeping statements (I’ll be less sarcastic; I’ll respect my parents more) or rigid rules (I’ll do devotions every night; I’ll write 1,000 words a week; I’ll take a photo every day). If I made a sarcastic …
