This week at my church small group we read Psalm 22.  What Jesus did on the cross emptied Him, and dried Him up, but He had hope ( Read more... )

This year has been fully amazing!

January made me believe that nothing this year would go quite right. There were hurts I hadn't anticipated, but I was surprised to find that there were also amazing friends to fall back on, new friends and re-found friends.

February brought me to 19 (much to my displeasure) and brought with it my first relationship ( Read more... )

In the South Korean airport, there are 'Etiquitte Bells' in every bathroom stall. When you press it, it makes a beautiful sound of rushing waters/waterfalls. It even has a volume button. I think it is to drown out other noises. In her sleep deprived state, my friend Lauren decided it would be hilarious to push every sinle one while I was in ( Read more... )

How can you say if you are ready for something?  Is anyone ever fully ready for anything?  We can't predict changes in circumstances, in people, in our emotions.  Even weather predictions are inaccurate, subject to change ( Read more... )

Harvest Sunday today at my church.  I was in the Praise group and sang a beautiful song.  The sermon was good too and I enjoyed having to sit through it twice.  I think my church is wonderful and my minister brought up a very good point about going green.  He believes that in 200 years time the church will look back and judge us for our lack of ( Read more... )

Something you may or may not know about me, but is not a secret and makes for a good testimony to God's goodness and love:

I've been worrying about my weight since before I was 8 years old.  I don't know how it even occurs to an eight year old to care about it, but I did.  In primary school kids made fun of me for being fat, even though I wasn't.   ( Read more... )

From every nation we shall be gathered ( Read more... )

OK, I've been home now for a good few weeks and I start work on Monday, much to my delight and dismay. It's weird adjusting to home, for the obvious reasons and then the subtler ones too ( Read more... )

I leave tomorrow.  Man, that's scary. I have to go pack.

I need your grace to remind me to find my own