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Behold, My Servant Daniel

One of the things I really love about my job is that my professional development has such great overlap with the personal growth God is working in me. I was…

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Just the Facts

I'm not going to fake a smile for you - because I have a real one. This is 21 year old me laughing at something my new friend Bethany had…

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I Am a Stone

When I was in high school, I fell in love with Ryan Clark's voice. My passionate and undying love has not wavered in the past fifteen years, and can you…

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The Voices in Your Head

“How do I know the voice isn't just me but is the Holy Spirit?" "Excellent question. I promise not everything you think is from the Holy Spirit." My students flooded…

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Promises

I never signed anything binding to assure any audience that I'd post weekly, but I actually value all the people who check this site to see what I'm up to…

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Hey,

Hey, I think the Lord wants to encourage you today. I think the Lord has been chasing you, pursuing you, loving you, and craving intimacy with you. The Lord sees…

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I Broke… Again

I had a different plan for this week... for this year... for my life. The Lord laughs at my plans. I was talking to Givorgy on the phone earlier today…

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I Voted

My parents accidentally raised a major nerd. Or maybe they did it on purpose the second time. Regardless, I’m one of the minority of the population who gets super excited…

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Identity

Julia once told me that the summer before she came to BFA, she was talking to one of my former students who heard she would be in Bible 11. "Oh,…

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To Mr. and Mrs. Müller

There's an email in my BFA inbox dated September 2, 2013 from Clint and Helen Taylor that has a subject line, "Welcome to BFA!" This wonderful couple sent me a…

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Robot in a Convent

I was chatting with one of my first students from BFA and her fiancé, and Alyssa reminisced about the first week of class with me as her teacher. The two…

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Outside the Box

I was used to being underestimated before my accident, but ever since, I constantly have the joy of amazing people with my ability to tie my shoes, move across continents,…

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Courage to Fail

Many thanks to Nigel for a beautiful and convicting message this morning. I'm still working through a lot and growing a ton as a person, but not much of it…

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She Said, He Said

I pondered a lot about what to post this week because there's a lot of unresolved hurt in my life that I'm working to grow from but I don't want…

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Spend and Be Spent

I wrote a couple of weeks ago about how during his visit in July Seth and I decided to get matching shield tattoos and how I'd also read 2 Corinthians…

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Good News

This week at our all staff conference, Michele Phoenix (yes, the Michele Phoenix) shared an encouraging video about serving young people here at BFA. I found it particularly encouraging and…

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For Such a Time

I've had so many thoughts running through my head after wild weeks and a wild summer, and I can't relay all of it, but the conversations I've had this past…

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Bless Me

My father, My grandfather, My grandfather's concubine They said Your Name after encounters with different aspects of you: The God who Sees, who Provides, who Is Faithful Bless me My…

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Prayer for a Mini-Me

This isn't about Maggie, but 1 Kings 18 - 2 Kings 2 have some stories about Elijah and Elisha that heavily influenced it. Lord, you showed up in fire when…

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