Yesterday was the first time I saw The Passion of the Christ. Brief synopsis: a two hour long movie graphically visualizing Jesus' crucifixion. It's intense and upsetting, naturally. But what really s...  Read More

“He has also set eternity in the human heart.” – Ecclesiastes 3:11If you knew me well you might label me as someone with “documentary energy”. To which, you would be right. Documentary films have alwa...  Read More

I have always believed in God’s ability to do physical healing. I’m not really sure why I have had unshakeable faith in the face of difficult times, except to say that it has been a gift of faith. I w...  Read More

My name means listener of God But I wasn’t always able to hear. It wasn’t until I was two that my parents found out my adenoids were blocking sound from entering my ears. I was “deaf” the first two ye...  Read More

Easter is one of my favorite holidays! I mean I simply love that we get to break out all the pretty spring colors and enjoy the sunshine after the long months of shaking from the cold; but more than t...  Read More

What is love? Is it a feeling? Words? Actions? Does it vary from person to person or is there a universal definition of how to love? These are some things that are love to me, this list is by no means...  Read More

I feel like our generation has been plagued by guilt. Guilt for not being productive enough, not being studious enough, not being interesting enough, not being friendly enough, not being ENOUGH. Every...  Read More

There is one subject I don't know if I will ever understand the fullness of, though it feels like I have been chasing understanding within its depths for all of my life. The very sea that feels endles...  Read More

A large portion of my freshman year of college was marked by a lot of loneliness and anxiety. In high school, I had friends, but I thought of myself as being self-sufficient and kind of closed myself ...  Read More

Fear. It’s a weird part of the human experience. Throughout the Bible, God says not to be afraid. God also says that we are to fear Him. This seems almost contradictory, doesn’t it? In Exodus 20, afte...  Read More

I have started this blog post a million times. The subject of race is one that so many find so controversial, that I have found myself more preoccupied with whether or not I’m stepping on somebody els...  Read More

I don’t doubt that God speaks. I don’t doubt that God speaks to me. I doubt that He speaks kindly. Ultimately, I doubt that He speaks in love. As a practice, I want to go through 1 Corinthians 13:4-7....  Read More