Every time I hop onto social media my opinions become more and more confused. I can’t figure out what is right, or wrong, or credible, or just bogus. In this day and age, it is very hard, and very confusing to seek what is real. We have doctors, leaders, people we’re supposed to believe in,…
My rock, my fortress, my deliverer I take refuge in you My shield, my strength, my salvation I find security in your presence My stronghold, my tower, my savior I run to you, and I am safe Swirling in the waves Surrounded by enemies Overwhelmed by destruction Snared by the grave In distress…
When I was in high school, I broke up with a boy because we believed different things. I was heartbroken, desperate, and a teenager. His sister was my best friend, and (bless her) she listened to me for weeks, probably months, pine for him after it was over. I still remember to this day the…
I remember running races where it all came together: the training, the mindset, the perfect amount of coffee, the warm up, the start, the laps. I remember the feeling of getting that groove, of focusing outside of myself and knowing I could do this. I remember the miles ticking down. I remember hitting each lap…
When I think of the story of David and Bathsheba, I am amazed that someone considered so holy could fall so far. And in that falling could still be the one chosen by God to do great things. How could God forgive such a deliberate, repetitive, and public offense? He did something wrong, multiple things…
When I came to Chico State three weeks before school started for pre-season soccer training, and tryouts, I never imagined that soccer would not be my path. I had been playing soccer since I was four years old, and had been playing year round soccer as soon as that was an option. I made every…
In college, I had the great privilege of working two summers at Mount Hermon Christian Camps in the Santa Cruz Mountains. I worked one summer at Redwood, with elementary and junior high students, and one summer with the high school and junior high at Ponderosa. I learned to surf, and go down a half pipe,…
"When God is asking me to wait, he knows everything about my circumstance. He knows everything about what my life will be like when he finally gives me a no or a yes. He knows that I will be ready, and I will be grateful when he finally answers. He knows lightyears ahead of me that the waiting is the good stuff..."
I know that David was told by God not to kill Saul, but goodness gracious Saul was breaking so many rules (his own promises included), so didn’t he deserve to be attacked when David clearly had the chance? And more than that, didn’t David deserve success instead of all the cave-hiding he was doing? And why did God present these opportunities and expect David not to act? Did God forget he had anointed him?
When the video of George Floyd’s death began to stream in the news, and on social media, and no one seemed to be held accountable for his death, a knot found its way into my stomach: it was wrong. And as people became more vocal about it, there came more videos and more stories of…
