The Adventure Begins
I still can't hardly believe that I've been four months since this journey began. Four months, five states, many tears, many more friends later, and all led up to this, Thursday Sept 22, to fly to Berlin. For anyone that would want to go in to ministry: I can guarantee a few things having just started down this path. 1: Your emotional and spiritual levels meet their limits if you do it right. Nothing about this lifestyle is intended to be in itself comfortable. Recenty I was pointed out to in Scripture that those who answer God's calling to work closely with God on anything must find… Read more >>
Theology of Suffering: With a Little Olive Branch
“What makes the desert beautiful,' said the little prince, 'is that somewhere it hides a well...” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince Something about myself: I can't decide if I'm a hopeless romantic or not. Romanticism is sometimes, as I see it, this this sense of making things overly-experiential or dramaticized. The primary definition of romanticism is "a movement in the arts and literature that originated in the late 18th century, emphasizing inspiration, subjectivity, and the primacy of the individual." To be subjective, in turn, means "based on or… Read more >>
Biding by God's Order
I'm a person of order. This is something friends and family know about me. With that, I'm also very plan-oriented and very thoughtful about moving forward with differing events. Is disorder a pet peeve of mine? No, not necessarily. However, when someone makes plans and has to cance/shift them around last minute, then it become annoying to me. Why do I mention this? I state this to point out that God has a genuinely dad-like sense of humor! In my line of education, it's very common to go in to the workforce with relative ease and fall in line with a lifestyle that is very orderly and… Read more >>