Life

After spending most of my life dreading the end of summer, now as a college graduate, I would love to reunite with my college friends and start a new semester. I hold on to many sweet memories of college, yet I have to admit I am definitely enjoying my …

I moved to Colorado Springs from my little hometown in Iowa when I was 23. In some ways, that season was the best of times … and the worst of times. On the “best of times” side of the ledger, God had opened a door for me to serve in a really interestin …

I remember the day I discovered that the guy I liked was eight years younger than me. For a few weeks, I’d been processing the fact that he was seven years younger, and thanks to a few stories from friends about similar age differences, I’d almost come …

Jesus said, ‘Here are my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother’”

You know those weeks when the same problem/topic/ issue keeps popping up everywhere you go, and you just can’t get away from it? Well, the issue that keeps arising this week is expectations, and more specifically unmet expectations. For me, this has co …

I couldn’t believe it. The “it” in question in this case was a revelation that emerged at the end of my second date with the woman I’d eventually ask to marry me. A conversation about our favorite movies meandered into the subject of music, and I was s …

I think I was in seventh grade when I hit my first growth spurt. I remember for the first time in my life I became aware of the way I looked. I started to pay attention to how others saw me. I dressed different and started combing my hair. I even remem …