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…
Midway through college I was awoken in the middle of the night by several missed calls on my phone. They were all from unknown numbers, and there was only one voicemail. I listened to the voicemail, and my family’s life was never the same. The call was from a friend who lived with my brother…
During this quarantine, my 4 and 6 year old daughters learned to ride their two wheel bikes. It was such an amazing moment watching them figure it out, and seeing the immense fear turn into joy as they embraced what they could now do. We bought the girls their two wheel bikes the Christmas before…
Last week we discussed how God has used our entire life to prepare us for what we are walking through now. It is amazing to look at an event in our past and think about the ways in which we’ve seen God do his faithful and amazing work. Before we get to my thoughts on…
Continue reading ➞ Psalm 23 and You: Midweek Bonus Devotional
In my 8th grade honors English class, we spent one day a week in creative writing. We had folders full of drafts, we workshopped together, we even had to “publish” our favorites with construction paper covers. At the end of 8th grade, my family and I moved across the state, and I began to journal.…
As we sit in our homes, without the usual things to distract us, what are we doing with the sudden void? Our usual vices, our usual ways of coping may be gone, or greatly lessened, by the inability to leave our houses. I can no longer fill my void of being needed by anyone and…
When I was in high school, my Dad was diagnosed with testicular cancer. I remember one of our friends driving us home from school, and pulling up to the house with my Grandma waiting on the porch. She told us we needed to go to the hospital to see my Dad, but she wouldn’t tell…
