• Don’t Dismiss Me Because I’m A Millennial

    Don’t Dismiss Me Because I’m A Millennial

    I must admit, I’m fascinated by all the blog posts and thoughts that are popping up on Millennials. The Millennial Generation is the one of which I am a part and is the one, for now, that the college students I work with live in. Many of those articles, blog…

  • Are You Afraid of the Dark? Finding Hope in the Darkness.

    Are You Afraid of the Dark? Finding Hope in the Darkness.

    As a kid I was deathly afraid of the dark. Whenever I could I would leave my light on as I fell asleep. If I couldn’t get away with it, I would pull my covers tightly over my head to create a cocoon of safety. Before heading to bed I…

  • My New Year’s Resolution: Love, No Exceptions.

    My New Year’s Resolution: Love, No Exceptions.

    A few years ago I sat with one of the students from our college ministry and talked about life and what the world needs from Christians and the Church. He sat and thought for a few minutes and responded: “we, as Christians, really need to just love.” He paused for…

  • Dropping Some Pounds: My 2013 New Year’s Resolution to Lose Weight

    Dropping Some Pounds: My 2013 New Year’s Resolution to Lose Weight

    I’ve mainly kept this part of my year a secret. Every day I spent working on this resolution, was a day spent thinking I would never reach my goal and would revert back to where I began. This is why you (my Facebook) friends have not seen much about this…

  • Eight Aspects of my “Family” I am Thankful for This Christmas

    Eight Aspects of my “Family” I am Thankful for This Christmas

    Laughter, good conversation, encouragement, presents, presence, and love- all good attributes of what I’m thankful for when it comes to family during the Christmas season. It is no accident, though, that I put family in quotation marks in the title of this post. For me, this Christmas, family goes beyond…

  • Don’t Rush the Ticking

    Don’t Rush the Ticking

    Tick. tock. tick. tock… In most of the rooms in our apartment (and in my office at the church) are “old school” clocks that tick and tock with each passing second. Sometimes I find myself so busy with whatever task I’m working on that I don’t even notice the faint…

  • CBF divinity school graduate shares thankfulness for Baptists

    CBF divinity school graduate shares thankfulness for Baptists

    Posted at CBFblog.com.

  • Why I Am Thankful for Baptists

    Why I Am Thankful for Baptists

    During my time as a student in the Campbell University Divinity School I had the opportunity, in a church history class, to work on a project where I delved into the history of the Baptist tradition, particularly its beginnings in England and Amsterdam. Through this research, I gained a greater…

  • Advent, Are You Prepared?

    Advent, Are You Prepared?

    Tomorrow marks the second Sunday in the season of Advent- the time leading up to Christmas where we prepare for the “coming” of Christ and I wonder how well we are actually preparing. Sure, we’ve all dived head first into the Christmas season: our apartment already smells of pine needles…