I used to take piano lessons. For over a decade. According to Malcolm Gladwell, I should be an expert pianist. But if you listen to me play now, you probably wouldn’t guess I had that much training. While I enjoyed making music, I hated the work that it took to […]
I like goals. They’re (usually) easily quantifiable, so I can put them on a checklist. Crossing things off of checklists brings me such satisfaction, it’s hard to express. I usually don’t even just check the item of the list. I scratch it off. Over and over again. Bury the item […]
Yup, I’m writing again. What can I say. I’m a sucker for peer pressure. Which is why I’m writing again. The friend who encouraged me to start writing again in the first place IMed me today. She encouraged me to keep a log of my running experience–to help her stay […]
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.
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