I am from mess and noise
From stuffed animals and an old driveway basketball goal
I’m from the suburban brown bricks of the lower middle class
From fast food dinners, garage work outs,
And the tree in the yard that grew up while I did.
I’m from Uno games and yelling matches
From momma’s hugs and dad’s anger
From sisters laughing and tears flowing
And desperate desire for things to get better.
I’m from Bible stories and truth spoken
From Christian hip hop and learning to trust
From Houston basketball and not fitting in
From hopes...
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Friday, July 19, 2013
One of my
favorite things is when David's words in the Psalms correlates exactly to words
of Jesus or Paul in the New Testament. Especially when it is words I need to be
reminded of or some of my favorite themes. One of those themes is
"Home."
What does
home mean to you? What do you do when you are home? What do you feel? What is
the best thing about being home? What is the worst? What do you expect at home?
What do you look for in a home?
Home can
be a very hard concept for me. For one thing, growing up "home" was
not a place I looked...
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Let me first apologize for taking so long to post the results to this incredibly important and life changing contest.
The reason for the delay is that at first I went and bought a sun visor (which is what most people voted for). Unfortunately, I ended up hating it. Anytime the wind came from the wrong direction it would smash into my face and cause me to be unable to see, which turns out is not the safest thing in the world. In general, it was also...
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Check me out.
Ballin'. I know. Please notice the leather jacket. I amaze myself with how cool I am.
Really, though, riding my scooter around town is one of my favorite things of living here so far. I have so much fun with one earphone in jammin' my Christian Hip-Hop. You know how I do.
There is, however, a dilemma. It's getting hotter here and when it's hot, the bugs come out. In the last week, I've decided that I've swallowed too many bugs...
It's hard to know what to post that is different than what I write in my emails to people, but here I am in East Asia and I know there is lots to say about my time here so far.
I've been here a month and a half, and feel like I am slowly getting settled in. It's interesting the things that people told me about moving overseas that I heard over and over, but disregarded. For example, so many people told me it would be hard and draining to keep up with many people back home, but being the extrovert/people pursuer that I am, I wasn't too...
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Let's be honest, life recently has been a mess.
It's felt like my world is imploding a little bit. Like that building did in College Station. Missed it?
So that's what my life feels like right now. Maybe that's a little over dramatic, but not by too much. It's hard to go into details, and some I don't have the freedom to talk about right now, so I just won't.
Bottom line: I could very much use prayers. If ever satan was trying to destroy me, it's now. But turns out, my Jesus is the Victorious Ki...
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
My friends, Sorry for the length of this particular blog. I hope you will still honor me by reading it.
At the beginning of the summer, a friend encouraged me to not just begin blogging when I move over to the far side, but rather to start blogging now - during these last 5 months of training - so friends can know what's going on and know how to pray. She mentioned that satan will attack me during this time and that there are those who will want to join with me in prayer and fighting these attacks even before I move.
I very much appreciated...
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