“Plan A”

“Jesus was not God’s ‘Plan A’ for humanity—intimacy was.”

Hope is a Man

(3 Minute Read) I asked one of my close friends to write a guest post on the topic of hope. I asked him specifically because he recently come out of an extremely painful season and I watched him cling on to Hope more than ever during it. Here it is. “I hope you feel better […]

Becoming A Child, Again

Uganda, Africa. 2018. It has taken me a long time to even think about writing about our trip to Africa (or write at all, really), and although I’ve now thought about it a few times, I don’t know how to put it into words, really. But I’m going to try. There was so much that […]

Band-Aid Effect

To introduce this post I want to tell a story. The story is of a man who went to battle and won many, many victories. He was a fearless warrior who seemed invincible because of his ability to leave battle without any injury. But one day, he was pierced by an arrow that had split […]

No I’m Not Lucky, I’m Blessed

Last week a friend of mine challenged me to reflect on five blessings that God has given me in 2017. Her challenge was that with all of the stress of school, work, or sport it can be easy to think more of the negatives in this life or the things that “God hasn’t changed” for […]

Peaks and Valleys

I wrote the outline of this message on an index card a couple of years ago intending to one day write a sermon on it, and someday I will, but for now I want you to hear it in this moment. No matter what struggle you are coming up against or what pain you are […]

Compass

This post was written by a good friend of mine (who wanted to remain anonymous) a few months ago who is starting her own exciting adventure today. One filled with a lot of uncertainty and question about the future, but as we’ve both discussed many times, we have dreams that need to be chased down […]

The Serpent Dove

wise & gentle

trust