17 Sep, 2015
If someone made a movie about my life, there would be a few repeated themes: plan-making, good intentions, and clear expectations. In school, I expected to win tennis matches, please my teachers, date the guy I’d marry, and be accepted—with scholarship money—to the five colleges that received my application. Some of that happened. Some of it didn’t.…
10 Sep, 2015
I am sitting here waiting for the police to arrive at my house and inspect the shattered window to my beloved car. After a recent move it was filled with boxes of old and treasured books, making it a perfect target for burglary. While I sat laughing with friends, a stranger was breaking into my car right below us, turning what should have been a safe haven into a place of vandalism…09 Jul, 2015
If God’s timing worked out for the salvation of his children, something as big as that, we must be able to trust that it will work out in our own decisions, big and small alike. So whether we are waiting on a job, college decisions, a spouse, a mission trip or even just a chance for a break, we must be willing to trust that God’s timing in the matter is truly the best for us...26 May, 2015
When we moved it was so difficult for me to tell people about our lives in the here and now. My identity had become so entangled with ministry that not being a part of it left me feeling like I was walking around with half of my face missing. I felt awkward and self-conscious when I met new people. I wasn’t sure who I was anymore, so I was even less sure of how to present myself to others. I grew to dread meeting new people because I thought I had to come up with some sort of important or meaningful identity...
