Kind Truths About Breakups for The Dating Novice

I turned twenty five in October. My fifteen year old brain cannot believe I'm not married yet, but my twenty five year old brain mostly cares about paying rent and working on her side hustle, so it's okay. When I was fifteen, I was being told that dating was wrong and I shouldn't do it,…

Thoughts from Being 10 Months Porn-Free

I didn't plan on this today; I thought maybe I'd write something about how I was doing once I reached the one-year mark. But today is my ten-month mark of being pornography-free, and I have a lot of thoughts about it. I spent some time in my journal last night, wrestling. I would like to share that…

On Submission, Choice, & Love That Stays

God will not love me more if I obey Him. He will not love me less if I don't. He loves me, every piece of me, completely, unwaveringly. I cannot change that. In middle school, I told a friend that God couldn't go with them where they were going. That was a blatant lie, and telling…

On Refugees: A Poem & A Few Ways to Help

I could have been you. I could have entered the world at war, Could have seen horrors that echo, Could have known nothing but danger and the desperation for escape. But, somehow, I'm me. I'm not where you are, Don't understand suffering the way you do, Don't know what it's like to be hated in…

Turning My Darkness to Light

"Most of the brothers, having become confident in the Lord by my imprisonment, are much more bold to speak the word without fear."  -Philippians 1:14 We don't like to vocalize our struggles until we feel they can be wrapped up somehow. Until it becomes part of our past, we don't tell more than a few…

Life-Moving Messages {Part One}

Over the course of the year, I've heard a few sets of messages that moved me deep in my core and spurred large-scale change in my heart and life. All were shared at my school, during the two-day conferences we had each semester. We would cancel all classes for those two days to invest in our spiritual growth, and it helped…

Freedom & Living Life in Love

I have so, so much I could say. My heart is bursting with the things I've recently lived, and I want them to explode all over everyone! But I also want this to be conveyed to you as clearly as possible, so I'll just say: I've tried living life in love. And nothing is better.…