love; redefined.

I believe that love is one of the most understated and misunderstood concepts in this world.  The stereotype of love is that it is some far off fanciful, fluffy, frou frou, frilly experience that can only be achieved through a feeling of immense exhilaration and...

show up.

Every single morning during my senior year of High School I prayed for my fellow classmates.  I was incredibly inspired by a group of teens from another High School who began gathering everyday to pray for a monumental movement for Christ to begin in their school....

talitha koum.

 Jesus got into the boat again and went back to the other side of the lake, where a large crowd gathered around him on the shore.  Then a leader of the local synagogue, whose name was Jairus, arrived. When he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet,  pleading fervently with...

do. not. settle.

I’m learning about life.  Not just sheltered high school or college life, but real life.  Days filled with mounds of bills, health insurance, planning marriage, careers, stress…and the list is building. Once I step back and take it all in I am realizing...

simply complicated.

Jesus says all throughout scripture to “Follow me”.  The phrase is as simple and as complicated as that. Simple because it only takes two steps to complete the action. 1. Drop what you are doing. 2. Follow Him. Complicated because its takes two huge steps...

shadowboxing.

“Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win!  All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize.  So I run with purpose in...