
College isn’t always easy
The excitement has started to wear off or it’s worn off completely. “Syllabus week” is over, assignments are piling up, midterms are approaching, you miss

Speak out and speak up
It’s funny how God works, isn’t it? A few weeks back I was reading a book on prayer (“A Praying Life” by Paul E. Miller).

Forgiveness
“Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.” I think most of us have heard this saying or something

Big, big news
Hey guys! I have some big news: In a week I’ll be closing on my first house — well, technically it’s a condo but it’s

Remember what matters
It’s kind of ironic that the end of football season always falls around Thanksgiving. It’s at the end of football season that a lot of

Promise maker, promise keeper
Back in the summer my pastor spent several months diving into how we can see God in the Psalms. I loved studying the Psalms because
All to Jesus I Surrender
Are you willing to give everything to God? What are the things in your life that you are holding back from Him? What is it that

First of all … pray
We’ve all heard it before: “just pray,” “keep me in your prayers,” “pray for me and my family.” If you grew up in a church,

Seeing Jesus
I was an English major so admittedly I’m a bit of a nerd. I love some good foreshadowing and parallelism. And the Bible has plenty

My epic love story
I was listening to a podcast this morning when one of the guests talked about her epic love story. She described how she used to

Secret Church: What is it, and why should you should do it?
Looking for a way to dig deeper into the word of God? Look no further than David Platt and Secret Church. If you find yourself longing

You are not alone
We can be surrounded by people and still feel lonely. We can also be perfectly happy spending time alone. There is a difference between aloneness

Finding a church
I’ve already stressed how important it is to stay in church during college. It’s also important to find a church home after graduating, after moving

Failure
No one wants to fail. I mean we even made up an acronym for how little we want to fail — FINAO (Failure is not

“For such a time as this…”
As a little girl I always said that my favorite Bible story was the story of Esther. Back then I don’t think I really understood