Because {Five Minute Friday}
The wall that you’re praying will come down is going to collapse . . . The secret hope that scares you is not too big or too impossible . . . That prayer you’ve been praying for longer than you can remember is not too far gone . . . You’re going to...
Hold {Five Minute Friday}
Lights will guide you home And ignite your bones Coldplay, Fix You Sometimes when you’re drowning the best way to make it to shore is to encourage the ones around you. When it’s dark and you can’t see to hold onto anyone else’s hand, you reach...
When God Is Quiet and the World Is Loud
My throat is in that tight, choking grip that comes when you’ve just cried or are holding back the tears. It’s both/and today. There is so much noise everywhere we turn – in the media, in Facebook feeds and Twitter streams, in classes and books and...
You’re Already Enough
Okay, I’ll go first. Deep breath. I don’t always believe it. I don’t always feel it. I don’t always hear it. And the worst part is – when I do hear it, I’m often the one saying it. Before I called myself a teenager I called myself too much. Before I went to college I...
MY BOOK // Even If Not: Living, Loving, and Learning in the in Between
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