Category: transformation
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You Are Loved.

This post isn’t for everyone—but maybe it’s for you. I wrote this for anyone who feels far from God. For anyone carrying a quiet ache, regret, or shame. For anyone who has silently wondered, “Is it too late for me?” If that’s you—read on. There’s a love bigger than your failure, and a freedom deeper…
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Daring to be Different

In my sophomore year of high school, at a time in my life when I was finding my emerging identity as a young adult, I ventured to a grassy hill at the front of the campus to a Bible study a friend had invited me to attend. I awkwardly sat down on the grass amid…
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No Mission Too Small

When I was in my late teens, my visions of the future were extravagant but worldly. I imagined that fame and fortune would lead to fulfillment. Perfection also played a role: I pictured a neatly ordered future that would unfurl with the synchrony of well-aligned dominoes falling one after another. Beauty, romance, wealth, good health,…
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Hedges.

Recently, I have been thinking a lot about hedges. Being that I am not horticulturally gifted, much less one to take up hedge clippers, thinking about such things is not typical for me! It all started a couple of weeks ago when I was reading through the book of Isaiah, and I came across a…