Dropping Out of College I dropped out of college to move to Haiti. I never had anticipated doing anything else but getting my degree my entire life, but ironically, sitting in a classroom was never my cup of tea. Dropping out of college should have been a harder decision. But for a gal who doesn’t [...]
Catchy Titles Trending Trendy titles and blogs pop up on social media for me saying things like “What Young Leaders Need to Know” and “Where To Find Tomorrow’s Church Planters”. Tweets on leaders being learners all over the likes and retweets of those that I follow and Catalyst conference continues to put out great content [...]
I’m not called to be a pastor. I can’t plant a church. I’m not holy enough to be a missionary. I don’t have my degree. I didn’t go to school for that. I’m a nobody. I don’t have anything of value for anyone… Even if I did, they wouldn’t listen to me. I don’t have [...]
While some people may know exactly what college they want to go to and what to do with their life by senior year, I know I didn’t. What I did know is that there was a trend of when I felt most alive - it was week long trips to serve, afternoons with a group [...]
Imagine... ...you’re walking along the beach and you have one bucket with you. It’s not your job to collect all of the sand but a part of you feels responsible for doing so. You can only collect one grain of sand at a time if you want to do it well and sometimes it could [...]
When I Said, Yes... When I said yes to God, I had no idea what that meant. When I said yes to ministry, I had no idea how to serve. When I said yes to Haiti, I had no idea how my life would change. That’s the funny thing about obedience, when we say yes [...]
The boat of my life thrashes through the waves, the bottom of the sea pleading to pull me down. It's as if the darkness of the waters will move on forever, and even the realization that land exists somewhere slips my mind. What is land when the bellowing waters exist before me in a way [...]
“Blessed is he…who keeps faith forever; Who executes justice for the oppressed, Who gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets the prisoners free; The Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down; the Lord loves the righteous. The Lord watches over the sojourners; he upholds the [...]
Simple. The concept is called Occam's Razor: The simplest answer is usually the correct one. This tends to happen every once in a while, in our time with God. We always want this mind-blowing revelation, we always want the depth. But life is a series of moments where we experience both the exhilarating and the [...]
Traveling Back Home... You might read the title of this blog and begin to believe this blog is about sports or even an intense chase I was in. But, it really is just about the sprint from our plane that landed late in Miami to the one transporting us to Haiti. The story is that [...]
