As a child, it was so easy to believe it all. I wanted to be everything when I grew up. Well, now it's here. I'm grown up. This is the age when adults do adult things. I'm turning 29 in less than a month, and the people I babysat are grown up, too. As for … Continue reading Overflow and Fairytales
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7 Lessons I’ve Learned from Ministry
You name the ministry, I've probably done it. Homeless. Door-to-door evangelism. Special needs kids. Teaching. Orphanage. Preaching. Healing. Prophecy. Manual labor. Cooking. Worship leading in languages I don't even speak. Mentoring. Writing. Sunday school. Women's ministry. Hiking mountains to go visit sick people and do church in their homes. Going into bars to befriend prostitutes. God's … Continue reading 7 Lessons I’ve Learned from Ministry
Weak Sauce and 27
I couldn't wait to raise my hand this morning when the pastor asked if anybody needed God to be their Defender with a certain battle in their life. My hand shot up. As he asked for us to come forward for prayer, I practically power-walked to the altar. Dear God, do I ever need help. … Continue reading Weak Sauce and 27
Affirmation Addict
Guilty. I realized why it's hard for me to say no. Why I choose challenges. Why I find myself fighting this flesh that actually strives to be perfect, just so I can hear that I'm perfect. The irony is that technically I am perfect, because of what Christ has done. I'm holy and righteous. I'm … Continue reading Affirmation Addict
DATING NON-NEGOTIABLES
Okay... yes. Another one. Eat your heart out, people sick of dating blogs. WHAT ARE YOUR NON-NEGOTIABLES? Red flags? No nos? Turn offs? Yes. Those. Some of you think you know what you're looking for, what you want in a husband or a boyfriend, or the future father of your children, but when a guy … Continue reading DATING NON-NEGOTIABLES
My Failures and Achievements of January 2014
Hey friends, family, internet peeps I've never met, This month has been the two extremes of failure and achievement. Failure to stop being sick for about 2 weeks. I had a sore throat for most of this month, and I'd like to report that it was infuriating. I have seen healing, I've received healing, and … Continue reading My Failures and Achievements of January 2014
4 Reasons Why You Feel LONELY
COMMUNITY. Ahh, the word that gets tossed around but not truly explained, this mythical, inconvenient concept of having people around who love you, being in consistent relationship. It's messy, you have to share things, it's obnoxious and yet it's so needed. We feel lonely without it.My views on community are my own. You don’t have … Continue reading 4 Reasons Why You Feel LONELY
