If you meet a lion in your path, you do not run - he is faster. You do not try to threaten him with your size - he is bigger. You do not defend yourself with a weapon - he is stronger. There is absolutely nothing you can do to protect yourself; you can only hope he is merciful. True fear doesn't run.
Read MoreJacob's salvation story is much like ours: at odds with God, yet pursued by Him anyway with the promise of a relationship he didn't deserve. From there, Jacob follows God through life slowly learning the answer to the same question we have all asked since Eve stood before the forbidden tree: "Is God who He says He is, or not?"
Read MoreEver since the Bible came to life for me at GCBI, I've wondered how I ever survived the years I spent reading the Bible like a dull, dusty history book, full of names I didn't care about and stories I didn't understand. Where did I go for comfort when God's Word was like a stranger to me? Where did I go for certainty when His character was a mystery to me?
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a Pacific Northwest-native writer, photographer, and Bible nerd with a lot of big ideas and a never-ending sense of homesick. Here, in words and in images, I process my inmost thoughts and invite you along on my lifelong pursuit of truth + beauty - ever inspired and sustained by the changeless nature of my beautiful God, and by the hope He offers in His Story.
