Welcome back to the blog and the last post finishing my recap of Nashville and the Delight Leaders Regional Retreat! To recap arriving in Nashville, being on Broadway, and the first day exploring and going to the retreat, start with this post. I've been sharing my takeaways from the retreat and what God spoke to me along the way, which I[...]
There's a concept I've struggled with honestly since my childhood, and it's especially prevalent in the Christian community, even though you'd think otherwise. I'll cut straight to the chase: it's the fact that very few people want to be completely honest and vulnerable about and with their struggles. And this is seriously a worldwide pr[...]
Something special that's been a constant for me since middle school is time spent with my family at hockey games in Wells Fargo Arena, watching the Iowa Wild and other AHL teams play. I've written about them several times on my blog, like here or here and even here, and I've yet to fulfill my goal of going to an NHL game, but I've alread[...]
Stress is something that imprisons most people in this society. I see it everywhere. I’ve been to hockey games, which are supposed to be fun, and I see people that are agitated while they’re getting food or otherwise exhibiting an all around edginess. I’ve been to hockey games, and I’ve been stressed because my mind isn’t t[...]
2016 was . . . hard. I'll just be honest about that. It was hard in a good sort of way, though, because with God, no trial is pointless, and no pain is meaningless (Romans 5:3). In my 2015 recap post, my first sentence was "2015 was amazing." 2015 had so many fun times, and yes it did have trials, but through each of those trials it[...]
You know how sometimes you get this really good idea for something, and you know it’s just going to be great, and then it totally fails? That happened to me once. It was infuriating. It was also one of the best things that’s ever happened to me. I know. Let me explain. I might have actually mentioned this before about how I[...]
2015 was amazing. It had many trials I never saw coming, but it also had a lot of moments where I saw God working that I didn't see coming. Let's go over it, shall we? January I moved my blog to Squarespace. That was the best decision EVER! Squarespace is an amazing company, they're easy to use, I mean it, God was looking out f[...]