Jacob and the Ladder
How many people does it take to tell you something and actually believe it is true? To tell you that the objective of life is not to just escape through with the least amount of
Proper Lives Lived
“‘Dear God,’ she prayed, ‘let me be something every minute of every hour of my life.’” —Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Her parents started a major missions organization that impacts thousands
Proper Goodbyes
Tears welled up in his eyes and his throat closed shut and he creaked out the words between swallows. "I don't want to write a book...I don't need a big church...if you guys email me
Kitchen Table and Expectations
I'm sitting at the breakfast bar in my parents' kitchen. It's 9:30pm and I'm knocking back coconut chocolate chip cookies fresh out of the oven, courtesy of my mom and her practical love. I'm thinking
Please Get Me a Bigger Box
I've recently noticed that I have a natural aversion to things I cannot figure out, pin down, hammer out. It stresses me out if I cannot put something in a box; life is so complex,
Please Rescue Me from my Mind Palace
The black hole of my mind. I can spend hours pondering my future, internalizing anxiety and trying to over-analyze my heart's current state. I can become absorbed in replaying memories, following threads into tomorrow, running
A Snicket in Time
Motto for the summer, courtesy of a fictional children's hero: "Get scared later." I have been blessedly led to an internship in The Suburbs. I have been working with H the Women's Ministry Director. I
Small Escalator to the Dungeon
Orlando. Jane Doe, the survivor of the Stanford rape case. I read their words today. The world is broken, suffering, a slew of one-after-the-others. ISIS. Another Ebola outbreak. Another mass shooting at a high school.
Formica Counter-ing Culture
"Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it." -King Solomon. Prov 4:23. I grew up in the mid-2000s, hyper-purity youth group culture of Christianity. Youth group emphasized saving yourself