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I love my job. I won’t ever do anything to jeopardize my teaching position because it provides me with the unique opportunity to speak truth into the lives of teenagers…

I have a pain in my butt - literally. It's been there for a week now.  Last Sunday, I went for a walk after a nice refreshing sleep-in overdue from that…

As I was reflecting on my week and wondering what to write, I noticed my physical recovery was overshadowed by some emotional drama. So naturally, I did something almost stupid…

I spoke in chapel yesterday, and my talk covered a lot about how the body of Christ has come around me in a beautiful way in my ongoing recovery and…

Over the last two days, summer has disappeared, and fall has officially taken over in Kandern. I've always been partial to the rainy weather growing up, but it still presents…

One of my theology professors wrote a book with his son in which the son wrote that his father had nurtured in him "a Christian crush on all things Jewish." Props…

I love my job. You might not know that because occasionally I go more than thirty seconds before saying that again. But seriously, I love my job. On Wednesday this…

I love lists. They are so much fun to cross things off of; it makes me feel accomplished. However, I don't ever want the lists to get in the way…

Many people are headed back to school this week - my nephew just started kindergarten last week. BFA kids still have another week and a half of summer vacation though…

Three years ago today, I woke up in Germany for the first time. My arrival was made possible by hundreds of people listening to me share about my desire to…

We have a word in Christianese for experiences like I had last weekend - we call them mountaintop experiences. In Christian circles, it's common to talk about the emotional highs…

The events of this week will someday be compiled as a chapter of a book (yes, those of you who’ve waited to hear it, I’ll someday publish a book), but…

One of the beauties of summer break is the luxury of forgetting the days. This is occasionally inconvenient, but for the most part I'm really enjoying the opportunity to wake…

“My eyes fail from weeping,I am in torment within;my heart is poured out on the groundbecause my people are destroyed,because children and infants faintin the streets of the city.”Lamentations 2:11…

I never participated in a trust fall as a team building thing - mostly because I don't trust people, but also because I've seen Gretchen Wiener hit the floor in…

If every week held the emotional and physical extremes last week did, I'd be pretty fried. Fortunately, I had a largely restful week as I gave my attention to reading…

This week has been incredible - thank you to all of you who fasted along with me and prayed for my ongoing recovery. I still want it all, and I'm…

Every time I learn a new function, my walking slows down significantly. I need to return my focus and attention to the new detail in my gait, and it slows…

I loved the feeling of walking without my braces so much, I tried again a couple times with Hunter last week. It was just as incredible the second and third…