Sometimes (at least to me) the Nativity story gets old, overdone, even trite this time of year - but this truth never does: Yahweh is good. He is all-powerful, all-knowing, and completely without obligation to be gracious toward us - and still, He is. He builds an eternal heritage for the unworthy and gives His own righteousness to those who fall short.
Read MoreI've been stuck in should's trap for a few weeks, trying to navigate this calling to teach and just so overwhelmed by the size of the vision. And the inevitable byproduct of living by "should" is that I grow discontent, anxious, guilt-ridden, and useless to the actual work that God desires to do through me - because I'm so busy running around trying to make all the "shoulds" happen.
Read MoreFollow Me. For some, these sound like words of enslavement or obligation, but to me they're the words of freedom - to know that it's okay not to have that single life-defining moment of clarity in which all the pressures of a gigantic mission fall on my shoulders at once, and to remember that God is gracious to reveal the way just one step at a time.
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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.
