Fear Not!

I’ve almost decided to newly-devote this blog to theological reflections–a fancy term for “deep, insightful, spiritual truths discovered in the everyday and mundane.”  Movies especially catch my interest–probably because I like them so much, and watch them often.    Most recently, I had the pleasure of watching The Tale of Despereaux, the story of [...]

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Even the Bad Guys

Even the bad guys have a purpose in God’s scheme. 
How have I come to that ridiculous conclusion?  Well, in the Bible when God speaks to Pharoah through Moses, He pretty much tells him that, though Pharoah has thought all along that he was in control, God has been using him for His own purpose, that [...]

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A Lesson from Jonestown

CNN recently aired a documentary about Jonestown, that doomed community formed by Jim Jones and his cult back in the late 1970s.  It was not a good thing.  A lot of people were deceived into thinking that he was all that he said he was and that he had their best interests at heart.  He [...]

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From Battlefields to Breakthroughs

As a disclaimer, I know this idea is not original to me, but it just clicked for me tonight, and I feel that it’s worth sharing.
When you feel the most spiritually attacked, it’s probably because you’re in the best position for growth.  The enemy, Satan, wants only to steal, kill, and destroy, so if he sees the potential for blessing [...]

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Worth and Company

Recently, I have been made aware of just a few of the crippling lies that Satan feeds us to keep us from being used by God to our full potential, as Christians.  And not only are such realisations limited to within my group of Christian friends and conversation; in fact, I find examples of them [...]

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Greater Things Have Yet to Come

Who knew that God could work through a group of clueless college students to change lives?
I suppose that we all knew it, technically–but did we believe it?  Okay, maybe we did that, too.  What I’ve neglected to do, then, is to claim it. 
Our InterVarsity chapter here at Charlotte is in an interesting epoch of its [...]

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Excitement is Catching

Excitement is absolutely infectious. 
I have the privilege of serving God through InterVarsity here at school this semester as a women’s small group leader, and I’m excited.  But, see, I catch a lot of my excitement from my co-leader.  Starting this week we’re working through this book that she read over the summer which helped her [...]

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You Know My Name (!?)

No, I haven’t left the country recently.
What I have done, though, is return to college.  The summer is past, the winter is coming, et cetera. 
So, I’ll be taking a slightly different approach with this blog for the next little bit–don’t really know for how long yet.  I don’t even know how often I’ll post; for now, it’ll [...]

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Fiat Flyer Miles

To All Whom It May Concern,
If you weary of my prolonged silence, may I suggest visiting a blog literally relative to my own:  Fiat Flyer Miles.  A link can be found under my “blogroll” on the right-hand side of the screen.  This guy’s my brother, so I vouch for what he says–mostly.    And [...]

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“Here and Now” Versus “Then and There”

I know that I pretty much promised that I wouldn’t write here again for a while, but something’s come up that is so related to my study-abroad experience that it won’t rest until it has been mentioned here.
Because, you see, reacclamating has been a lot harder than I expected it to be.
For one thing, it’s [...]

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