Tweet Or what I am learning about the word “never”   Rewind a little to July 15th, 2010.  I packed up my belongings and said goodbye to Southern Indiana vowing NEVER to return. Sure, it had been an ok five or so years, but I was done. I was not coming back.   Moved overseas, had a an awesome year, blah, blah, blah…   It’s now July 12th, 2011 and what am I doing? Packing up again to move back to Southern Indiana. Literally almost a year from the day that I said I was leaving for good.  Every single door opened and so clearly fell into place that I had to eat…

Tweet What makes you cry? What messes with you? What punches you in the gut? What can’t you stand? What wrecks you? What  makes  you mad? What is your Holy Discontent? Holy– Belonging to, derived from, or associated with a divine power. sacred; specified, set apart for a religious purpose Discontent-a restless longing for better circumstances A restless longing for better circumstances based on the sacred, not the temporal. An alignment of our hearts with God’s heart for the world.  The idea comes from a sermon by a guy named Bill Hybels. You can download the message here. I highly recommend it. However, today the question was asked to my church.…

Tweet I borrowed this from my friend Matt’s blog. Check him out here and see what awesome adventure he is up to.  This is going to be my prayer for over the next several months and I challenge you to consider what areas perhaps you need to be a little more uncomfortable in.   “May the Lord bless you with discomfort at easy answers, half truths and superficial relationships, so that you may live  deep within your heart.   May God bless you at anger, at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people so that you may work for justice, freedom and peace.   May God bless you with tears that shed…

Tweet So I quit. I give up. I am done trying to fit into the mold. Because really, who made the mold anyways?   I am 25. Single. And not looking.   I don’t want a nice house with a white picket fence and a two car garage.   I could care less about climbing the corporate ladder or having a 6-figure income.   I want to spend my life serving the people who Jesus served-the poor, the captive, the broken, the people on the margins of society.   And I have been trying for far too long to fit into what society or the church or my friends thought…

Tweet You have probably noticed this.   Christians or people who claim to believe in God are judged more harshly. If you put a Christian and someone who does not claim a religion next to each other and had them do the same thing, more than likely, the Christian would be more harshly criticized.  For a long time, I really struggled with this. It did not seem fair. Until I was talking to a friend the other day who does not profess a belief in anything really.  They also happen to work with a lot of Christians. And as they went on about their work situation, I was getting really frustrated. These…

Tweet Audacious:  adjective 1.extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless 2.extremely original; without restriction to prior ideas; highly inventive 3.recklessly bold in defiance of convention, propriety, law, or the like; insolent; brazen. 4.lively; unrestrained; uninhibited        A few years ago I made two decisions. One of them was a conscious, well-thought out decision. Simply put,  I was going to live life to its absolute fullest, face my fears, and throw caution to the wind. The second, I believe was more of a subconscious determination. I was going to make sure I never had to worry about my finances. Even if this meant working multiple jobs, which it normally did.  Those…