September 2010
12 posts
You know when you’re just about to go on a hike and you see a sign that says “intermediate trail”? You think to yourself, Easy-peasy. I can do this, I’ve been on plenty of hikes before. You embark, and about halfway through you find yourself gasping for air with two sprained ankles, cuts & bug bites all over you, and all sorts of pain pulsating it’s way through...
August 2010
10 posts
what the world doesn't owe me
So as we all know, I had an amazing time when I was in Australia last year, and I tell everyone about my life changing experience. Yes - life changing. I met some incredible people who challenge me every day to live a better life, and who have become some of my closest friends. I learned things I never would have learned had I stayed here. I could not express how grateful I am to have had such a...
we all want it
The “perfect” partner. The match made in heaven. We think that once this person comes along we’ll love EVERY single part of them, and they’ll love EVERY single part of us. We don’t get that the decisions we made in the past have huge effects not just on ourselves, but on our relationship with our future spouse. You say you want someone without a tainted past, while...
“when you ask God to break you, you cant decide what He breaks you with.”
– my best friend
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
-Romans 5:8
If you’re basing your view of love, grace, or mercy on anything other than this statement, you’ve got some re-evaluating of your faith to do.
but they can hardly grow up without it: To... →
When i tell someone i believe in God, it has a much different connotation than if i were to say that i am a “chrisitan”. The word christian is tied to hating gays, standing outside of planned parenthood with pictures of dead babies, and voting for the old white guys who run for president. It is…
“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole...”
– Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 