Let’s Walk Down the Road that Has No End

It’s a funny feeling when you take a look at your life around you and realize that you’re arriving upon the close of a chapter. I think of my life as a book, not by any means the most interesting novel that you’ve ever read, but it’s mine; it’s the story of me. It isn’t [...]

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Boundaries, Idols, & Grace

“And this is one of the major questions of our lives: how we keep boundaries, what permission we have to cross boundaries, and how we do so.” – A. B. Yehoshua “At some point, you have to make a decision. Boundaries don’t keep other people out. They fence you in. Life is messy. That’s how [...]

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A Look At Love…A Different Perspective

I spent the last day or so reading “Desiring God” by John Piper at this adorable coffee shop in Durango. I spend a lot of time labouring over the idea of love, both in reality and in theoretical abstract. In his chapter about love, Piper is attempting to draw some insights into what a “Christian [...]

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Sweet Illumination

“One thing…one thing… this is what I desire… Sweet illumination. Sweet illumination. That I may gaze upon His face. Oh to know this Man. Sweet illumination.” “It’s not works that leads to a knowledge of God. Are you tracking with that? Because one is the gospel, and the other is religion. Religion will kill you, [...]

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Another Crossroads

I feel like I’ve been confronted with many crossroads recently, as I’m fulfilling the very purpose of this blog–finding out what it means to be the girl who changed her mind and the world, maybe not really the whole vast world but at least my own world. I’ve always been the “good” girl. That’s who [...]

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Even when I wrote my life away…You still receive me…

Sometimes I wonder where my life is headed. I wonder if I even have the slightest idea of the direction in which I am hurtling at the speed of light. Life doesn’t really pause and give you much reflection time, perhaps except at night, during the time that I should be writing papers or reading [...]

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