Trusting in Christ one day at a time.
“Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.” ~Psalm 42:11 Today has been a hard day. I have been tempted to speak. Have written, erased, and rewritten responses to posts on social media. […]
It was a warm spring afternoon as I walked through campus on the way to my afternoon lecture: Linguistics 101. At the time I was on the fast track to becoming a marine biologist. But my love for language led me to enroll in the course just for fun. (Spoiler: I later changed my major […]
When I first began learning Spanish in 9th grade there was a song that my teacher played for us. It was the first Christian song I learned in Spanish. It wasn’t my usual style of music but the words stuck in my head. When I went off to college, I would find myself wandering around […]
I’ve seen racism. I saw it the first time I liked a brown boy. My momma told me I would never be able to date him and our pastor stood in front of the entire southern baptist congregation to say that marrying from another culture was sinful. I saw it when my family refused to let an […]
Being home all day long gives one a lot more time to think. And more time to spend on social media and other informative websites. As stay-at-home orders continue the flow of information about coronavirus, conspiracy theories, and politics shows no sign of ceasing. I will not be addressing any conspiracies or political stances in […]
It’s been over a week since I have had any real human interaction. And let me tell you, I am NOT loving it. Yesterday things got a little better when I ventured out of my house to pay my internet bill at the little automatic kiosk. Never have I felt such solidarity just from knowing […]
Todavía recuerdo el lugar donde nos reunimos. Había un solo cuarto grande divido en partes para hacer de ello 3-4 salones. Esta clase era mi favorita. Había yo estudiado la Biblia toda mi vida pero la forma en que mi maestro ‘Coach’ nos enseñaba era distinto. Cuando él hablaba de la Biblia fue bastante evidente […]
I still remember the fellowship hall where we met Monday-Friday. This one large room was converted into 2-3 classrooms during the week so that our small Christian school could teach its students there. Every day I looked forward to that class. I had learned about the Bible my whole life, but Coach had a way […]
I´m referring to the virus, of course. I have an interesting seat at the metaphorical table where I have watched this pandemic unfold. For months now I have traveled to China through my computer screen and chatted with kids from all over the country about life in quarantine. Some of my favorite comments so far […]
“See the kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are.” ~1 John 3:1 “Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see the glory that you have given me because you […]
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