• Faith

    Like Yarn Unraveling…

    November 4, 2011

    Tweet I seem to go through writing spurts. Times when I feel like I could write everyday and times when I feel like I have nothing to say that even I would want to read.  This has been one of those times when I pretty convinced even my mom would not want to read my writing, and she reads everything! So the question becomes- how do I get out of this slump? For today, I decided I would just write. I am not going to worry about writing a post that will attract multiple readers or even impress my mom, instead I am going to write. Because writing is my…

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  • Conquering Fears

    Just a typical Saturday spent jumping out of a plane

    October 26, 2011

    Tweet Yep, that’s right.   I jumped out of a plane. At 10,000 feet in the air.   This girl who still does not like to ride in an elevator. Who still will not ride a roller coaster that involves standing up. And who still gets scared of the dark sometimes rode in a perfectly good airplane up to 10,000 feet and then jumped out.  Not to worry, I did not jump out alone. The guy strapped to my back had done this oh around 3800 times.  I had nothing to worry about. And quite frankly, I was not really that scared.  There was a moment when I was sitting…

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  • Faith

    Communion as a Community

    October 19, 2011

    Tweet Somewhere along the line in church history we started to treat communion as a solemn, individual thing to be done in church services with soft music playing in the background to provide an atmosphere of silence and introspection. Many well-meaning churches still practice communion in this way and while there may be evidence for them to change, status quo says many will not ever give second thought to this practice.  However, as I have spent some time studying church practices and the history behind them, this was one that always bothered me.  When you look back at the early church, you never see them practicing communion this way. It…

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  • Conquering Fears

    Skydiving

    September 17, 2011

    Tweet It’s official.. in the next month I will get to check two things off my bucket list.   The first, run a half marathon. Training is going great and I will for sure cross the finish line!! (More on this later)   The second thing and point of this post is….. SKYDIVING! Yes, you read that right. I am going skydiving.   This is a true test to the fact that I am an adrenaline/adventure junkie as I really do not like heights. However, the thought of jumping out of an airplane  12,000 feet up in the air makes me so excited I want to squeal!! It is my…

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  • Faith

    Lemon Shake-Ups, A Harley, and Jesus

    July 18, 2011

    Tweet Some dear friends of mine just bought a new house so Saturday night I went over to see it and see them. I hadn’t seen them in over a year, but we used to be neighbors and they are amazing people. Not to mention, she is an awesome cook! After chatting for a bit, we decided to head down to the riverfront where a friend of theirs has a little lemon-shake up stand. First of all, lemon shake-ups are quite possibly my favorite things in the entire world. That is the only thing that will ever entice me to go to a fair or street festival. And I love…

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  • Social Justice

    Spend and Satisfy

    July 10, 2011

    Tweet And if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday. Isaiah 58:10 Darkness cannot overtake light. Only light can overtake darkness. Think about it. When you walk into a dark room, you turn on a light and the light rids the room of darkness. The only way for the darkness to return is to remove the light-it cannot automatically return. We are living in a dark world. Poverty. Injustice. Death. Trafficking. The numbers are overwhelming. The statistics numbing. The stories heartbreaking. And in the midst of…

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  • Conquering Fears

    The Next Step Is…

    July 8, 2011

    Tweet I should know to never get too settled or make too many long term plans. God always seems to keep me in limbo just long enough to doubt Him and then BOOM! There is a plan that happens so fast my head is spinning and my emotions are trying hard to keep up.  Thus the past week of my life. One big whirlwind of emotions. I went from having no plan to having a very defined, long term plan. And the craziest part-its not one iota of what I thought the plan would be.   Go back 1o days ago or so. Its a Thursday night. Always on the…

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  • Conquering Fears

    Brutal, but Beautiful

    July 4, 2011

    Tweet Crash. Burn. Flounder. Flail.   That most accurately describes my transition back to life here in America. I don’t say home because well, I am not sure where home is anymore. More appropriately, I am realizing that home is not a place, but an idea and a sense of belonging to wherever you are. And of course, this world is only my temporary home thus it will never truly feel like home. But back to the transition.   I have learned a lot about myself over the past six weeks or so. Starting with, no matter how hard I try, I just do not transition well. I was determined…

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  • Conquering Fears

    See Ya Later

    June 8, 2011

    Tweet I HATE saying good-bye and I have done my fair share of it lately. And I promised I would blog this week so while I am not sure how many people read this, I figured I should follow through. Sadly this is not the post most were hoping for. In the past two and a half weeks, my life has changed in almost every way imaginable. Some of those changes were anticipated, but some caught me completely off guard. They have all left me feeling very frustrated, overwhelmed, depressed, lonely, and often like an utter and complete failure. While I realize this is hard to understand, as I have…

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  • Conquering Fears

    The Longest Monday of My Life

    May 22, 2011

    Tweet Literally. Thanks to the world being round, my Monday will officially last 38 hours. That is almost how much people work in a week, but instead of working 5 days, I will spend one very very long day traveling. Here is how my 38 hour Monday will look: Wake up 3:30am. Take quick shower and say good-bye to Anna. (probably a very tearful one!) 4:00am. Head to Saipan Airport. It will take me about 5 minutes to check in which leaves me 1 hr and 55 mins to sit in a tiny airport. Dumb airport regulations. I will then spend the next 30 hours flying/sitting in airports to reach my…

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