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Over the past couple months, an epiphany has shaped and taken root in my life: The gospel is the reason why.

My first real day of rest in weeks. I sat curled in my bed this morning reading a book called Adorned and I was struck by a certain paragraph:

A life changer is being declared right here!

The past several years I've had a weird relationship with summer. Like any other student of academia, I eagerly anticipate the break. I long for the quiet nothingness and yet I also dread loneliness and the feelings of solitude that oftentimes accompany the season. Now I've graduated college. Sounds exciting, right? I still am getting at least one...

Being a Senior in college is strange. It feels different than I'd expect-almost foreign and yet familiar. Familiar in the sense that it is part of life... leaving one season and entering another. Foreign in the sense that every season of transition is different and uncomfortable. I feel emotionally exposed and constantly reminded how out of my...

I ushered in 2021 with a couple good friends, rocking back and forth in a rocking chair, staring up at the rain dancing in the light of a street lamp on a dark Tennessee road. We were kept dry under the shelter of an old front porch, our conversation full of rich and sweet (though sometimes awkward) memories of our childhood....

It's fascinating to reflect on how much God can grow us, especially when the methods He uses aren't necessarily the first we would choose (or for a fact, methods I would never in my right mind choose!). I would've probably not said this even a few months ago, but I feel now I can confidently say, HALLELUJAH!! PRAISE THE LORD...

To be honest, I now kind of laugh (and am slightly embarrassed) at the fact that today I teared up as the song Good Old Days by Macklemore started playing. I even stopped washing dishes for a second or two as I listened to the lyrics:

Wow, how worship truly transforms your heart. If you need the reminder, there is a reason God commands us to sing to Him and humble ourselves in adoration of His presence!!

"In our day and age we live in a world consumed by beauty-- we love creativity and sharing our personal artistic expression has never been easier. But here's the thing: we cannot allow the beauty surrounding us to be our source of our worth and value."