Shine. It's been my lifesong condensed into one word. The next step, no matter what jungle I'm in. My simple morning prayer, my right-foot-forward chant of blessing as I step through the doorway into life. Help me shine. For You. For them. Ever since my dad directed me to the passage, I've loved Philippians 2:15b … Continue reading A Little Light
When I first read this post by the Rebelution Editorial Team, about Skye Peterson's beautiful first album, "Tell Me Again", I pretty much screamed in excitement. Just not too loud, so my family wouldn't hear me geeking out. The Rebelution has sparked so many ambitious teens with amazing potential to take hold of their talents and use … Continue reading Wanted: Dreamers
This isn't just applicable to your outward appearance. Embarrassing quirks, "silly" dreams and ambitions, scars, secrets, and struggles - this is for you. I was staring at myself in the mirror. Every flaw stood out starkly, my face looked wrong, my hair appeared thin and clingy. I hated having to feel reliant on makeup to feel … Continue reading Spotlight Struggles
Once, two thousand years ago, there lived a carpenter. He would travel with eleven of his friends and followers, going beyond his trade, comforting the outcast with strange promises of hope and peace. Later, looking two criminals in the eyes, loving them with his last breaths, he gave them the same promises. Words that could … Continue reading He Never Looked Back
In his genius book, Screwtape Letters, C. S. Lewis reveals a fact of life: something he titled, "The Law of Undulation". (For the rest of us, that refers to the natural peaks and trials we're bound and determined, by our human heritage, to go through.) As you probably agree, the valleys are hard. More than hard. They're bone-breaking, … Continue reading The Peak – What to Do When You’re on a Mountaintop
Aged wood creaked with the slow rocking. The sun was just at the point of setting, spilling the last of its liquid golden light as an offering to the world. Miles of thick forest dotted the distant horizon, hiding a mountain's sloped beginnings, but first there lay fields and fields of flatness, glowing in the … Continue reading Snips of Life
Rows and rows of straight-backed theater chairs filled Ballroom B. Rows and rows of heads filled the chairs. The speaker, meandering around the podium, was dwarfed by the giantness of the stage. Backed up by a lapel mic, his voice wasn't, though. I would describe him, but I can't; all I have to show for … Continue reading Book Review: “Death by Living”
