Two posts in two days. I know, amazing. If that’s a shocker, prepare to have your socks blown off–there could be two posts today alone! Why the sudden (hopefully permanent) resurgence in writing? Because writing is something that makes me me. When I applied to law school, like every other […]
Thursdays find me on the Main Grounds of the University of Virginia for a class in the History Department. I usually arrive to the area early so I can grab lunch before heading to class. My routine is to head to the Corner, Charlottesville’s row of shops and restaurants like […]
Telling a historian not to remember seems a futile command. But I appreciate what the text says nonetheless. Yes, God has done incredible things in the past, and I am eternally grateful for those evidences of His kindness in my life. But He is not finished yet. He can create a new thing, out of apparent impossibility, something that will also be worth looking back over.
If you know someone is listening to you, it changes what you say, how you say it. It changes your expectations of the person you are telling.
I love the idea of new things, new skills, new places, new people. But I also like order, control, and definition. As I have had to spend the last couple of weeks saying, “I’m new here,” or “I’m new at this” and then ask for help, I realize how much […]
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