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Faith: Hoping & Longing Today marks 148 days since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic and 135 days since I started journaling about this experience. Tonight, as I contemplated my (and peers, professors, other faculty) return to campus for the fall semester, the Holy Spirit gave me something important The only person’s life I should focus …
My sister strong armed my mom and I into watching a teenage, gymnast drama. In the show, the main character is being bullied and harassed by a former teammate. At one point in the show during a competition, a bystander upon seeing the bully talking, remarks, “At least she is consistent!” That comment resonated with …
Faith: Hoping & Longing There is one person on earth who has the utmost control over you and that is you. Think of villains in kids’ movies and how the bad guys such as the Grinch (and others) are usually stopped by their own personal conviction, not someone else physically halting their actions. With us, …
As I reflect on this year, I think back to January and February when COVID was an oversees problem, March and April when COVID was an international problem, May and June when racial and political tensions erupted and finally July, where the issues of the previous months have now collided with new issues such as …
Faith: Hoping & Longing “All the feels” is simply defined as experiencing either a range of emotions. 2020 has definitely been a year full of all the feels! I’ve laughed and I’ve cried but through every emotion, high or low, I know that God was with me. Emotionality is often looked down upon in both …
Life is a circle and things often come back around… The word, “settled” had been on my mental radar for a few days so I did a quick search through the archives of AD and voila, I wrote a post about being settled back in 2017. What was unsettling in my life 3 years ago? …
Faith: Hoping & Longing Do you know what are two of the most two powerful phrases that have ever been uttered? (Hint… “I love you” is not one of them). “It is finished” spoken by Jesus in John 19:30, before dying on the cross. “I still believe” spoken by any Believer who chooses God’s Truth …
