It’s a new day

Being in what feels like a brand new season, I archived most of my past blog posts. I’m fairly fresh out of a 2.5-month intensive discipleship class, and

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How I found my way home

A missionary family I know just moved back to my local area, and I’m excited to reconnect with them. I absolutely love hanging out with their 3 kids

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Who told you that you’re ugly?

Every few years, I like to re-read a children’s book called “You are Special” by Max Lucado. Most recently, I read it for one of my creative worship

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Unloading the burden of adulthood

Last weekend, my mom and I were at the right place at the right time. We stopped by my sister’s coffee shop after church and found a single

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The real way to “get rich quick” ;)

Sorry for the click-bait. Spoiler alert: This post is not actually about money; I just start there. There are a lot of financial philosophies on budgeting and success.

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Getting unstuck: Normalize awkward conversations

When I was in high school, there was a girl in my youth group who was popular, and I was convinced she hated me. (I’ll call her Ashley.)

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Hospital rooms as a sacred space

I was the first non-parent, non-medical staff person to meet Aly, my newborn niece. She needed to spend some time in the nursery for monitoring after she was

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Complicating a simple thing (and coming back again)

I’m trying to paint a waterfall, which is easy enough for a 5 year old to do. The core of it is streaks of white paint flowing downward.

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Rediscovering joy

Several years ago, I volunteered at a summer day camp for the first time. I had all kinds of fears leading up to it (the kids are gonna

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Actually doing the scary thing

Since I last wrote, I’ve accomplished 2 scary things. Well, not scary to the average person, but scary for me. (I skipped writing last week because of one

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