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But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.’ So, I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.
-2 Corinthians 12:9
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The Fiyero Complex: On Charm, Chaos, and Hiding What Hurts.
Hey y’all! This post is a bit of a departure from my usual fare, but with Wicked: For Good releasing this month, I’ve found myself reflecting—and feeling a lot of feelings. Even if musicals aren’t your thing, I hope this reflection finds some resonance in you. The first time I saw Wicked, I was supposed to care about the witches. Everyone does. You choose a side: green or pink, rebellion or perfection. But I found my eyes drifting to the boy who never stopped moving, the one
Nov 6


Confessions of a Chronic People Pleaser.
Listen to me: I did not want to write this post. It feels too close to the bone, too real, too vulnerable to confess (and then publish on the Internet for presumably the rest of time). This is something I know to be a flaw of mine. And not like a cute “ha ha, I bite my nails and hit curbs, I’m so quirky” kind of flaw. I mean something I genuinely wrestle with. And while I generally consider myself an open book, there are still things I don’t like admitting or digging into b
Oct 29


Who Does Jesus Actually Love?
"But God loves things by becoming them. God loves things by uniting with them, not by excluding them." -Fr. Richard Rohr, The Universal...
Aug 28


Memento Mori & Other True Things
By the sweat of your brow, you will have food to eat until you return to the ground from which you were made. For you were made from...
Mar 5


Finding Peace: How I Quieted the Noise to Hear God's Voice in the Chaos
In today's fast-paced (often chaotic) world, we are bombarded by endless notifications, news cycles, and busy schedules. It usually feels...
Oct 22, 2024


Why I'm a United Methodist.
Listen. I get it. If you're in the Methodist world, you're sick of hearing and having conversations like this. If you're not in the...
Jul 17, 2024


Become what you believe.
As Jesus left the house, he was followed by two blind men crying out, “Mercy, Son of David! Mercy on us!” When Jesus got home, the blind...
Mar 7, 2024


We’ve got to learn to listen.
Once upon a time, the world was perfect. And then it wasn’t. There were some issues with forbidden fruit, a crafty serpent, disobedient...
Jan 24, 2024


Storms and Pigs and Hope
There are two relatively famous passages in the New Testament, and both of them happen back-to-back in the book of Matthew. The first is...
Nov 30, 2023


When Church Hurts
It is okay to press pause. When the walls suddenly feel to be closing in, the stares or whispers seem to be all too familiar, or the...
Nov 3, 2023


I've got a race to lose.
Don't tell anyone, but I think I'm secretly competitive. Like, I don't care if you win at Uno, you can have a higher grade than me,...
Sep 18, 2023


When You Do Your Best and It's Still Not Enough
You know what hurts worse than feeling like you're not good enough? Being reminded that others didn't think you were good enough, either....
Sep 14, 2023


When it Feels Like God Isn't Speaking
One day Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, he priest of Midian. He led the flock far into the wilderness and came...
Aug 29, 2023


Why I'm Not Joining the Global Methodist Church.
What a time to be alive. What a time to be a United Methodist. For those who may not know, the United Methodist church is in a messy...
Aug 2, 2023


A Poem on New Beginnings.
Jesus, we are one body composed of many parts – bones, sinew, tissue, a composite of ribcage and dust and holy breath which wakes up the...
Apr 20, 2023


God is not a helicopter parent.
To be clear, I am not yet a parent. I have, however, had a lot of experience interacting with parents both as a former teacher as a...
Jan 2, 2023


The Lost Passage of the Bible.
My title is misleading -- you should know that right off the bat. There are actually a few "lost" passages, you see. A whole section of...
Oct 11, 2022


Conviction.
Conviction is a funny thing. Raised and educated by good Southern Baptists, I now find myself in the tenuous position of being a staff...
Sep 27, 2022


what to do when you feel alone.
I used to think that loneliness meant being physically, literally alone. That if I didn't have my family, my husband, or my friends...
Sep 23, 2022


The New (Old) Pandemic
I'm not going to bore you, dear reader, with explanations on why it's been so long since my last post. That's banal and self-indulgent,...
Sep 10, 2022

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