"So when we meet as strangers, when even friends look like strangers, it is good to remember that we need each other greatly you and I, more than much of the time we dare to imagine, more than much of the time we dare to admit." ~ Frederick Buechner ~ If you haven't read Pt. … Continue reading :: Unexpected Friendships :: Pt. II
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:: Unexpected Friendships :: Pt. I
"Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It's splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world."~ Anne Shirley ~ Growing up, I always had friends. They were built-in friends, though, & I didn't really have to work to maintain the relationships. I went to a small, … Continue reading :: Unexpected Friendships :: Pt. I
The High Importance of Beauty
"Cultivating beauty, creating order, crafting a life that celebrates goodness and innocence is not frivolous. It gives a living picture, a tangible reminder in a dark, difficult world that God is present. He is with us. He brings light. Beauty heralds hope." ~ Sally Clarkson It seems like we often equate things like writing, singing, … Continue reading The High Importance of Beauty
Till the End of the Line III || Freedom & Friendship in Captain America
"I know I'm asking a lot, but the price of freedom is high; it always has been."~ Steve Rodgers~ Captain America & The Winter Soldier Soo I've been on a lil Marvel kick lately; probably 'cause this time of year (late Spring/early Summer) usually means another Marvel movie in theatres & a trip to see … Continue reading Till the End of the Line III || Freedom & Friendship in Captain America
Remember His Faithfulness, Even in The Dark
"Believer, look back through all your experience, and think of the way whereby the Lord your God has led you in the wilderness, how He has borne with your ill manners. Think of how His grace has been sufficient for you, in all your troubles."~ CH Spurgeon Reading through Genesis in my devotions has sent … Continue reading Remember His Faithfulness, Even in The Dark
Idolizing The Past aka Misplaced Nostalgia
"It is a dangerous thing to romanticise the past. To drag up old memories from the depths of our hearts and fashion them into something they're not. We built a mirage from a memory and knelt before it like a false god." ~ Beau Taplin "The joy of nostalgia is that you edit the past."~ … Continue reading Idolizing The Past aka Misplaced Nostalgia
The Christian INFJ | Part II
"I took it off. I did not want to carry it with me anymore." ~ Anonymous A year and a half ago, I wrote a post called The Christian INFJ | Part I. I always intended to come back and write a Part II but I really wanted to soak it in prayer and make … Continue reading The Christian INFJ | Part II
Relentless Goodness in 2020
"Grace will lead me home. Through every trial I have come; only Your grace will lead me home." ~ "Grace Will Lead Me Home" by David Dunn ~ It's been a beautiful fight, lovely humans. And it still is. Perhaps that seems like romanticizing hardship. Perhaps it seems like I'm glossing over all the horrible … Continue reading Relentless Goodness in 2020
We All Just Want To Be Remembered
"You will always be a critic and never an author and...and the world will forget that you ever even lived. But I...but I...no one will forget Jo March."~ Jo March | Little Women 2019 "I want to be great, or nothing."~ Amy March | Little Women 2019 We carve our names on trees and leave … Continue reading We All Just Want To Be Remembered
What Running Track Taught Me
"Though my training for this event is physical and mental, may it also serve to shape Christlike qualities in my spirit--yielding a greater fortitude, endurance, faith, focus, discipline, and intentionality in the ways I live my life in Your service and for Your glory, O God."~ "A Liturgy For Competitors" by Douglas McKelvey I woke … Continue reading What Running Track Taught Me
courage on the front-lines 