Give Me You Give me not knowledge, nor wisdom, nor cunning; Give me only knowledge of You, wisdom to seek You. Give me not riches, nor costly clothes, nor flawless features; Give me only the wealth of Your worth, clothe me in Your righteousness. Give me not a mansion of forty rooms, nor an expensive …
Ah, the end of another year approaches. A time for reflection, a time for looking ahead. It is high time that I share some reflections with you. If I had to give the past year a name, then 2014 would be the “Year of Silence.” In about December of last year, it seemed like God …
Greetings friendly readers. Today is the first day of December and of another thirty-one day event that begins with the letter “D”–Dressember! Some of you may have heard of Dressember, but for those of you who haven’t, let me give you a brief history of it, in true History major fashion: It began in 2009 …
The Grass Withers Hey little mist, don’t you know, don’t you know you’re only here for a little today. The sun’s comin’ up and within the hour it’ll burn you all away. Hey little leaf, don’t you know, don’t you know your green won’t last too long. Autumn’s comin’ fast with its oranges and its …
My question of the day is: Who is it that spreads this rumor that when you grow up, you’ll know what you’re supposed to be doing with your life? I’m starting to think whoever they are, they’re really, really wrong. When you’re young, everyone says, “Graduate high school, go to college, get your degree, and …
Change has never been easy for me, and still isn’t. When something big changes, I become a tumultuous emotional wreck, and react in extremes. Recently, that means vacillating between “my life is meaningless and I’ll never do anything worthwhile” and “I’m going to drop everything and travel everywhere and move to the farthest away place I …
In a couple of days, I graduate, and a few days after that, I start my first full-time job. It’s an office job, a “real,” nine-to-five job. Everyone keeps asking, “What are your plans for life? Where do you want to be in five years, ten years? What are your goals?” I guess this is …
The story of how I learned to play the guitar is a fun one. At the time, I was in the youth group at Kingsfield Church. My friend Cece and I discovered that both of us wanted to learn to play the guitar, so we thought we could try together. On of our fellow students …
Last Wednesday, in the youth group where I volunteer, we were talking about being servants. In the midst of our discussion, one of my girls blurted out, “Can we talk about something else? This makes me really uncomfortable.” My first instinct was to blame her response on her upbringing in our wealthy, superficial Orange County, …
On this Palm Sunday, I wanted to share with you why this has become one of my very favorite holidays: In ancient Rome, “Triumph” was a very significant word. It meant far more than “the act, fact, or condition of being victorious” (dictionary.com definition of “triumph”). A Triumph was an extravagant, joyous parade through the capital city to the temple of Jupiter …