There Is No Sin in Empathy

I understand that I’ve been gone a while. Don’t worry. It’s not your fault. Your kind responses and encouraging words have been just what I needed to help me get through some of the things that I’ve been dealing with. I want this blog to be about more than theology. I love theology, and IContinue reading “There Is No Sin in Empathy”

Caffeinated Chronicles 14: Wii Bowling and the Kingdom of God

I ended my last post talking about my experience of moving to Atlanta. It was definitely a turning point in my life, one that started a few things and put to the test some things I didn’t even know about myself yet. And so I guess it’s time to get back to sharing about myContinue reading “Caffeinated Chronicles 14: Wii Bowling and the Kingdom of God”

Learning to Reach Out Before I Break

Dear friends, I think I made a mistake. Not a big, irreversible one, but a mistake nonetheless. I made the mistake of oversharing. I caused people to worry unnecessarily, and for that, I am sorry. See, the last couple weeks have been incredibly stressful. And when I get stressed, I write. I want the thingsContinue reading “Learning to Reach Out Before I Break”

How Crisis Makes Us Hurt Each Other

I hope that this means something. I hope it can help someone, and that it gives some perspective and light in a world that often seems overwhelmingly bleak. I’ve been struggling lately. Not with depression exactly, but with the overwhelming sense of pain and suffering that I experience daily here on the border. And I’veContinue reading “How Crisis Makes Us Hurt Each Other”