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I started a daily devotional to kick off the new year like many of you have I am sure. It's on the You Version app and it's called the 5x5x5 plan by Discipleship Journal. The goal is to read the New Testament in one year. I always love the idea of reading plans and daily... Continue Reading →
When God told me not to be a missionary... The insulting phrase "GO HOME!" rolled around in my head for multiple days after attending Catalyst Conference in Dallas back in May, 2012. I was in the middle of my seminary education at Dallas Theological Seminary and I had just switched my degree from counseling to... Continue Reading →
"Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say “My tooth is aching” than to say “My heart is broken.” C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain When experiencing something like... Continue Reading →
Schedule: Thursday, September 4th 3:30AM: Wake up. Ugh. Deep cleaning shower at home with "special" soap. 4AM: Wake up Katy. Get bags ready. 4:30AM: Leave for the hospital. 5AM: Meet at the hospital and begin check in process. 7:15AM: Surgery begins. 11AM: Surgery ends. Move to Neuro-ICU for hospital recovery. Friday, September 5th 3-5PM(ish): Checkout... Continue Reading →
“I used to think that the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It’s not. The worst thing in life is ending up with people who make you feel all alone.” - Robin Williams as Lance Clayton in World’s Greatest Dad (2009) In the wake of the tragic passing of one of American... Continue Reading →
“Hope knows that if great trials are avoided great deeds remain undone and the possibility of growth into greatness of soul is aborted.” Brennan Manning, Abba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging Hope. A meaningless word in today's western society, much like love, because of technology and the desire for ultimate... Continue Reading →
Pain. The very thing we spend our whole lives avoiding or masking. We take pills to placate its effects. Watch feel good movies, read books, or listen to music to distract us from its agitation. It leads us to a place inside we don't want to go. The dark and lonely place that no one... Continue Reading →
"1As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, 'Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?' 3 Jesus answered, 'It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4 We must work... Continue Reading →
"For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong." 2 Corinthians 12:10 (ESV) Only at the bottom of the pit, when life is at its darkest, can the greatest power in the universe be experienced. The strength that... Continue Reading →
Emergence of the Soul 