There is something calming about water in mass quantities. The calm comes in the way it gently glides across the shore, softly soothing your heart back to its equilibrium. The calm comes in the way it curls and crashes in […]
There is something calming about water in mass quantities. The calm comes in the way it gently glides across the shore, softly soothing your heart back to its equilibrium. The calm comes in the way it curls and crashes in […]
I fell asleep to wailing. Deep, agonized, pain-trying-to-leave-the-body sobs. Rhythmic singing interrupted the tormented weeping, sending a lament to God or a plea to her sister to rise up again. The melody suddenly leapt into another gut-wrenching cry. I lay […]
“Like a boil that can never be cured as long as it is covered up but must be opened with all its pus-flowing ugliness to the medicines of air and light, injustice must likewise be exposed, with all of the […]
I love music. I love my boyfriend. I love the outdoors. I love the Lord. I love adventure. I love my friends. I love my family. I love writing. I love coffee. I have been told a time or two […]
Morning light does not always bring relief. The promise of a new day brings more despair than hope to those whose nightmares exist during daylight. Questions of your faithfulness lay my first steps of today, Your voice muted beneath my […]
Last Sunday I had the opportunity to take engagement photos for this beautiful couple. These two met last fall at Yale, where Megan got her master’s in Art & Theology and Jonas studied abroad from his home university in Germany. […]
My eyes blink open. Yet another new ceiling is above me, the underside of yet another top bunk. Where am I? is the first question of the day that demands an answer, and it takes about 30 seconds to recall the […]
This week I saw an elephant for the first time. Driving through Kruger National Park in South Africa, I looked up to find what first appeared to be moving boulders atop the nearest hill. Upon further inspection, I saw a […]
“Forever now we live resurrected, yes we live resurrected even before death. Resurrection begins with faith. Believers see new life manifested every day. Every day we are healed from sin’s death. No longer separated. At peace with God, and neighbor, […]
Thirty PLNU faculty, staff, and students spent their spring break on a weeklong Civil Rights Pilgrimage, journeying through Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee. Sitting in the pews of the church Martin Luther King preached in, marching across the famous Edmond Pettus […]