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Somewhere Between Beginnings and Endings
For about 17 years of my life, September always marked new beginnings: a new season (fall), a new school year, a new version of myself after whatever challenges the summer before had brought. I suppose this past brought some new… Continue reading
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The Night I First Called Emergency (And What July Taught Me)
Tendrils of water slipped through my fingers as I swam and splashed through the St. Lawrence River every summer before I turned sixteen. I remember the way the sunlight fluttered across the navy blue water. It was not the bright… Continue reading
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The Weight of Wanting to be Beautiful
A reflection on how loss of control—not vanity—often fuels body image struggles; how even “good theology” can quietly turn into self-management; how algorithms and beauty standards shape our thoughts without us noticing; and how God gently met me in the… Continue reading
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A unique, yet not-so-unique journey to motherhood
My Story – What Culture Taught Me Growing up in the church, I was often asked, “Do you have a boyfriend?”, “When will you get one?”, “How many kids do you want?” These questions weren’t necessarily harmful, but I noticed… Continue reading
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Some Thoughts on Insecurities
“I don’t think you know how gorgeous you really are,” I told my friend, who I just spent several minutes trying to convince her of her OWN beauty. Really, I thought, How can you be so blind to your OWN… Continue reading
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The Problem With The Gospel
I have been a Christian for several years now and for many of those years, I never questioned what I was taught. I took everything as fact and never spoke up. When friends had questions that I couldn’t answer about… Continue reading
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Beginning Again and Again
So I started school. Again. On August 27th, almost a month ago (crazy!). Why does being a teacher candidate mean I have to be at school a week earlier than everyone else? I don’t know. But it probably has something to… Continue reading
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Pride and Petulance (Part 1)
(Photo credits: Kayla Noakes) Pride and petulance. Arguably the two most prominent downfalls of humankind. Pride is what has stopped me from having joy, kept me from dealing with things I should have dealt with long ago, and it has… Continue reading
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“Going Cucumber”: Danish Culture and the Need for Jesus
If there’s one thing I could say I didn’t know about Denmark before travelling there (and there were many things I didn’t know), it would be their comical expressions! Although I definitely can’t say that saying “Holy cow!” really makes… Continue reading
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The Great Commission: Not A Vacay
Why missions???? Why go to a strange place to tell others about what you believe? Isn’t that colonialism? Isn’t that forcing what you believe on other people? Isn’t it basically vacation because you won’t be doing any work? And why… Continue reading
