• All These Plans Just Aren’t Working Out (and neither am I)

    All These Plans Just Aren’t Working Out (and neither am I)

    I have always been one of those people who loved the idea of exercising and then hated every minute of the actual exercise part. Put aside the fact that it’s “healthy” and “necessary” and all that… it’s really just hard and uncomfortable. Or at least, really hard and uncomfortable until you actually do it more than, I…

  • Praying for Pain & Everything Else, Too

    Praying for Pain & Everything Else, Too

    In this life, particularly the society we live in, we often find ourselves looking for a fix. Looking for something that makes life easier, something that makes it all just a little more comfortable. We seek remedies that will help us avoid uncomfortable things. We don’t want to face the possibility of being embarrassed, feeling…

  • 100 Hours on the Interstate

    100 Hours on the Interstate

    You learn a lot in college. A lot about yourself. A lot about how to function as a real life adult. A lot about how to get by even when it’s hard. I’ve learned a lot so far in Gainesville, and I’m sure there will be a post all about that before too long, but…

  • My Mess is too Messy for Jesus (right?)

    My Mess is too Messy for Jesus (right?)

    Monday nights are roommate nights. In an apartment of four people with wildly different schedules, it can be really hard to coordinate regular times when we get to hangout in a more intentional way than just gathering in the kitchen at midnight when we’re all finally home. So tonight my three roommates and I sat in Chick fil a…

  • Why My Coffee Habit Looks Just Like Sin

    Why My Coffee Habit Looks Just Like Sin

    It’s 2:16 AM on a Friday morning (although, most sane humans would still consider this to be Thursday night) and I find myself sitting at my desk, wide awake having already attempted sleep for the last few hours. But, not unlike many nights lately, sleep skillfully avoids me like the plague. So here I am… sitting.…

  • Is It Now or Never?

    Is It Now or Never?

    As I’m sure many of you have been doing, in the first few days of this new year I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and reflecting about the last year of my life. I’ve thought about what I dreamt of accomplishing and what of that I actually accomplished. Last year, most of my new year’s…