“healthy” isn’t the same for everyone

Trigger warning for talking about weight loss/gain. In the fall of 2017, when I was 19 years old, I lost a lot of weight. I was on a medication for chronic migraine that was working well at first, but did come with a lot of side effects — including weight loss. I didn’t mind the

Resurrection: Literal or Metaphorical (or both)?

I recently saw a tweet asking Christians if or how their lives/faith would change if the resurrection of Jesus could be definitively proven as false. Reading through the responses was interesting as it presented many different people’s perspectives and experiences and why they chose to see resurrection as literal or metaphorical (or some of both).

Anger and Grief

I’m hurting. I had another post ready for this week, that I have decided to publish next week instead. I feel overwhelmed by grief. I am feeling every synonym for anger. I have cursed and cried and lamented over the terrorism at the Capitol earlier this week. I have posted on my social media accounts

Life As A Sick Person

One of the conversations I regularly take part in, both in online and offline interactions, is about chronic illness and disability. A recent tweet I saw sparked the thoughts for this blog post – it was a person asking how phrases like “you let the pain win too much” affect various disabled/chronically ill people, especially

God Hasn’t Healed Me, And I’m Okay With That: Odyssey Revisited

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/god-didnt-heal-me-and-thats-ok My first semester in college, I was part of Dallas Baptist University’s writing group on The Odyssey Online. This is an article I wrote. I’ve re-read it and some of my other articles and am working on an “Odyssey Revisited” series where I’ll repost the articles on here. So, with that, here’s the fourth

Forgive Yourself, Too: Odyssey Revisited

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/forgive-yourself-too My first semester in college, I was part of Dallas Baptist University’s writing group on The Odyssey Online. This is an article I wrote. I’ve re-read it and some of my other articles and am working on an “Odyssey Revisited” series where I’ll repost the articles on here. So, with that, here’s the third

“You Are Always Good” – a short original poem

You are always good. In the worst storm, and the brightest morn You are always good. When my spirit rebels, and my heart, bitterness spills You are always good. In my deepest pain, in the hardest rain You are always good. When my soul is bare and dry, and when I no longer want to

Irreplaceable

I remember the first time I stepped foot inside Bethesda Christian School. I was preparing to enter fourth grade, and I was very nervous at the thought of beginning a school year in a new school in a new state. This building was overwhelming to me that day, but before long I would grow to

Identity (I Believe What You Say Of Me)

“I keep fighting voices in my mind that say I’m not enough Every single lie that tells me I will never measure up Am I more than just the sum of every high and every low? Remind me once again just who I am because I need to know“ I am constantly being told I’m

You Are Good

It’s easy to say that God is good when life is good. But the reality is, life can be good or bad, or anything in between. But this is no reflection on our Creator – He is always good. He is good even when we are weak. He is good even when we fail. He