an open letter to kim kardashian…
Dear Kim, No rocks will be thrown, no scarlet letters worn. Simply—in it’s truest form—my condolences for the death of your marriage. The rumors, opinions, comments, and commentaries must be difficult to reconcile and endure. Marriage is hard, but...
read morehalloween…
Oooooooouuuuhhhhhhh, it’s Halloween [said like a scary goblin]. Ooooooouuuuuhhhhh, it’s Halloween [said like a condemning Christian who sees costumes at church]. The same phrase can cause two implications: one of holiday reference and one of holy offense....
read morebeautiful things…
Dust; fragmented layers of collected particles, discarded and often ignored. We ignore the build up of dust collecting on our drawers and end tables. We’re annoyed by the useless layer of connected particles. We never in a million years collect dust and create...
read moreinspired by tozer…
I felt like a scene from Julie & Julia. I was in the kitchen chopping onions and carrots and celery, and Matt was in the living combing through mail. He pulled out a large yellow envelope and said, Did you order a book from Regal? I put down the knife, grabbed my...
read moremercy, grace, and the chp…
It’s a Yaris. Hertz Car Rentals gave me a Yaris. I felt like with my track record with speeding, a four-cylinder car would be in my best interest. I’ve been know on a few occasions—cough, cough— to speed on our local highways. It’s not my...
read morebikram, fainting, and releasing toxins…
Back spasms and hypertension swayed and convinced me to heed the advice of my sister Alexandria to attend a local Bikram Yoga spot near her house.* I had heard all the benefits of therapeutic stretching, so thanks to my sister I attended my first class last Thursday....
read moreon being a masterpiece…
We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared before hand so we might walk in them. Let’s break that down: We As in the individual as well as the corporate body of Christ. You, me, us, we. We are Are is the present plural...
read moreworth dying for…
She approached timidly as I exited the conference double doors. She wrung in her hands the notes she had taken during the sessions and thanked me for sharing truth unabashedly. I thanked her for the compliments, but knew there was something beneath the surface of...
read morefriday vlog: an interview with Mark Driscoll…
A recent CNN article came out about men, boys, women, and shifting gender roles in society. It was a fascinating article discussing the educational, relational, and financial changes in the American landscape because of the proposed decline of men being… well,...
read moreon dreams…
I’m on my hotel bed, the sounds of sirens and honking cabs keep me from sleeping though it’s pass midnight. There’s a world out there yet to be discovered and I cower on a bed reading your comments about doing what you’d love to do without the...
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