Identity Theft

This week’s post comes from my sweet graduate school mentor.  She’s an amazing mom, wise counsel, great cook, and an all-around awesome person. I am blessed to have her in my life in such a real way – and thankful that you get to hear some of her story. Candice Craig, y’all. (:              It […]

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Monday Musings: Week 1

I’m discovering a whole lot this summer.  I think right now it actually might be more accurate to say I am rediscoveringsome things. Like laughter.  With my new group of ridiculously wonderful intern friends, I have laughed more in the last week than I have in a looooong time.  I think there is something about […]

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Broad Places

I think you can know it has been a good week when you didn’t have time to watch Netflix or stay caught up with the Bachelorette (not that I usually watch that, or anything…)  I didn’t even have time to really write anything so this will be short and sweet, since I would rather post […]

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The Beauty Underneath

This is the first post in a series of posts, coming from amazing friends all over the country.  These are all centered around the question “What does discovery look like for you in relation to identity?” The first of our series is written by someone I have admired and looked up to for years.  Dominica is […]

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A Summer of Discovery

As I enter into this new summer season, I know it is going to be a time of great transition and change.  I am spending the summer back home in Oregon doing an internship with a local church.  When I look back on all that I have walked through this past year, I know this […]

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The Adventure Begins

As you read this, I am driving out of Denver, officially beginning the adventure of summer 2014.  This will be a different one, for sure.  Full of change and growth and challenge.  Full of JOY and possibly (let’s be real, most likely) some tears.  Filled with new relationships, thesis writing, embracing ministry, and who knows […]

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When We Find Him in the Knots

I’ve been obsessively reading The Circlemaker by Mark Batterson recently.  He talks a lot about God’s promises throughout the Bible, and how circling them (literally, with a pen, and figuratively, with your soul and mind) can fuel your faith and encourage your prayers.  For whatever reason, I opened up to Deuteronomy the other day.  Not […]

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When it is Easier to Believe the Lie

I forgot to take out loans for my summer class.  All of a sudden I found myself last minute signing up for a payment plan that I don’t exactly have the money for.  All because I forgot a deadline.  And the lies came rushing in.  I found myself (or someone) speaking things to my soul […]

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The One Where I Disagree with Merriam-Webster

Longing. A word that to me means waiting and desiring.  Google says it means “a yearning desire.”  The dictionary says it is “a strong desire especially for something unattainable.”  I would assume it is a verb, like the act of longing for something.  But apparently it’s a noun.  It is a state of being. I […]

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The One Where We Didn’t Burn Easter Dinner

Easter Sunday – one of the happiest days of the year. “He is risen! Hallelujah!” But what about Monday? The day after Jesus rose from the dead…guess what, He was still alive.  We so often forget that.  We only celebrate His life on Easter Sunday, when the resurrection should be the JOY that fuels us […]

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