Month: July 2015

i love not camping.

.Reading time 7 minutes.

When I am running the marathon of my life, God takes the backburner and I run until I realize I have been running on empty for way too long and find myself on the floor asking for more of Him because I have nothing solid to stand on.

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Summer of Dreams

.Reading time 6 minutes.

One of my good friends titled it that: Summer of Dreams. We are at this fun place in our lives where we have some freedom, maybe a few extra dollars, hopes, goals and well, dreams. So we bought season passes to the theme park, we spent a weekend in Steamboat, and are doing our best […]

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Dear Friend

.Reading time 4 minutes.

I want to carry it all for you: the doubt, the pain, the heartache, and the anger. I want to believe in Him enough for us all. I’m going to try.

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What if?

.Reading time 4 minutes.

I spent this past week at home in my beautiful state of Oregon – we boated, kayaked, waterfalled (I think that can be a verb). We roasted s’mores in the backyard, waited in anticipation for the Butte to catch on fire from fireworks (it’s tradition), and ate a lot of watermelon. All in all, a […]

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This Life’s Blessings

.Reading time 5 minutes.

Glass half full, or glass half empty? I want to be a total optimist. I want to believe the best about God, people, life, and this world. It is really hard sometimes, isn’t it? I think I am somewhat bent towards cynicism and pessimism naturally. My journey has been a fight to have hope and […]

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