Archive for July, 2011
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Listen
Often times in my desire to influence, pride gets the best of me and I forget to listen…
Yet it’s when we humble ourselves and listen we find ourselves in the greatest position to influence.
I believe it’s because our…
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I Am Finding Out
A dear friend introduced me to this song (“My Heart” by Paramore) a couple years back. She seemed almost appalled that I’d never heard it before and her sweet little 15 year old heart went on about how she adored…
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Eleven Point Canoeing
I took a trip yesterday to Greer, MO (home of Greer Spring) with some friends. Got up at six in the morning and didn’t get home until about ten. We went canoeing down nineteen miles of the Eleven Point River and…
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Just A Pen-Guest Post
I had the privilege of writing a guest post for Seiji, aka @JustaPen on Twitter. Click the link below to have a look and spend some time browsing around the site…you will be blessed.
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Those Days
There are bad days – you spill hot coffee in your lap, your alarm didn’t go off and you have to rush to make it to school, you find a hair in your lunch, you forget your umbrella on a…
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Twice Denied
My freshman year of high school, a fellow classmate came to school and opened fire on a group of students praying. I was a part of that group and one of several witnesses to a horrific crime. Recently things revolving…
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Aerial Silks
This past weekend a friend of my mom’s invited us to come downtown and watch her daughter perform. She said she did silks. I had no idea what that meant; I thought maybe she’d run around, do some ballet moves…
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Africa!
In February of 2006 I headed to Cape Town for my first out of country missions experience. I absolutely loved it! Then in 2008 I spent some time in Linlongwe, Malawi working with a youth ministry there. Now, I’m just…
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Excuse Me
Imagine yourself hanging out at your favorite coffee shop or enjoying a meal at a restaurant or even walking around doing a little window shopping. Now, imagine someone approaching you and saying,
“Excuse me. We don’t know what tomorrow may…