As I entered the later years of my high school church experience, I yearned for tradition and community that could be found outside of my congregation’s four-walls. I would often go home from my seeker friendly, 150+ student youth group of lights, games, and a Jesus loves you message devastated and crushed, crying to my dad, “Is this all the church has to offer?”
Category Archives: Reflection
Who Sets the Pace?
We are called to run, to persevere in our faith. There is a race before us that we are called to be a part of. Anyone who races – or watches races – knows it is involves pacing one’s self. In a sprint, that pacing is very important before the race. A marathon, on the other, is all about setting a pace at the beginning and sticking to it.
Desiring for Pilgrimage
“I felt in need of a great pilgrimage so I sat still for three days and God came to me.”
Finding Ourselves in the Word
I recently finished my third and final Hebrew class for seminary. Hebrew is unlike anything else I have ever taken, including Greek. With Greek, which I have taken seven semesters of total – four in undergrad, three in grad – all the letters were at least familiar. Not only do most of us know them …
Watch Me
Being seen by God. The summer between my Sophomore and Junior years of college, I spent 16 weeks in Fairbanks, Alaska. This was my first and only time in Alaska, but hopefully not my last. I was invited to Alaska by a family friend, Emily. When I was in middle school and early high school …
The One Where I Turn 30
In the book of Ezekiel, we learn that Ezekiel has just turned thirty. In fact, he is thirty years old, four months, and five days. Ezekiel was part of the second group exiled to Babylon along with King Jehoiachin and the nobles. (The first group was about a decade previously and included Daniel). When the …
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