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Your Feelings Are Not the Answer
What do you know about Vincent Van Gogh? Anything? Well, he's one of the greatest artists the world has ever known. He was mostly...


I Met Love Beneath the Cross
Recently I put an offer out into the void to write a poem for anyone who asked. Tell me what you'd like, I'll write it. I was contacted...


On Searching For More
You can't want what you don't know. I've come to understand this with deeper appreciation as the years go on. I've learned that there's a...


Why Meek Does Not Equal Weak
I think it's safe to say that nobody in this world wants to be seen as weak. Weakness is not esteemed as a positive quality in any...


An Open Letter to Every Woman Waiting For a Godly Man
Dear Women Everywhere: This afternoon I listened to a fellow young woman pose a question. She said: What should I do if I'm being pursued...


Doubt vs. Discipleship: You Are Called
During this Easter season we have heard a lot about how Jesus appeared to his Disciples in different places throughout Jerusalem. I've...


Reflections on Living a Simpler Life
Once or twice a year growing up, my mom would gather my sister and I together and ask us to go through our clothes and toys. Whatever we...


Why My Degree is Just a Piece of Paper
"You know, we're going to have an opening on our teaching team next year," my co-worker meaningfully implied as she waggled her eyebrows...


A Cause to Rejoice
Aren't we all looking for it? Something to bring us joy? I don't mean in the long run, or through our life's purpose, but during those...


Why Loneliness is Not a Problem to Be Fixed
I have a bone to pick with society. And not just secular society, but religious circles as well. I've seen countless articles and spoken...
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