This post has been a long time coming. (And I mean years.) The last year has been a year of Jesus really working on my heart when it comes to loving people regardless of who they are. First, let me give you some background, though. After getting engaged last June, I started trying to figure …
Here’s My Thing About the Drug Epidemic.
So recently, I shared a post on Facebook that was simply a picture that started quite a discussion about how we view the responsibility of those utilizing drugs. I wrote this post way back in August and I think it shares, pretty accurately, my heart for what I believe about the drug epidemic. “I was …
Talk About Politics!
In general in the church, politics seems to be a topic that is avoided like the plague. And, quite honestly, I don’t understand. Jesus talked openly and honestly about politics. If you are following Jesus and doing everything to honor and serve Him, it’s okay to have a conversation about how you view politics or …
13 Reasons 13 Reasons Why is Important (Part 1)
There’s been so much talk lately about the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why that I am about over hearing about it. Not because I didn’t watch it — I did, twice. The first time by myself then I convinced my mom that she should watch it so we watched it together. It’s not that I don’t …
One Nation Under God
This is a sponsored post that contains affiliate links. First, let me say that whether or not you believe in God does not affect whether or not you are under His authority. His existence is not dependent on whether or not you believe in Him. In the same way, this nation’s being “under God” is …
Nittany Lion For Life
This is a sponsored post that contains affiliate links. Tomorrow, I start my Sophomore year at Penn State New Kensington. First of all, where did the time go? Just yesterday, I attempted to throw my graduation cap up and watched it fly across the room. Time goes by too fast. I tell the kids …
Number 70
This is a sponsored post that contains affiliate links. Writing this post was one of the hardest I’ve ever had to do. Monday, August 4, 2014. I was at work and was happy because it was my friend’s birthday. I didn’t know that that week was going to be a shocking one. Wednesday, August 6, …
You Are Loved
This is a sponsored post that contains affiliate links. I’m writing this for all the people out there who are feeling alone tonight, for everyone who are maybe thinking about ending their life. Let me first share my experience. In December 2013, I started to have anxiety and depression about the future, thinking there …
Yes, All Lives Matter.
This is a sponsored post that contains affiliate links. In this new life, it doesn’t matter if you are a Jew or a Gentile, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbaric, uncivilized, slave, or free. Christ is all that matters, and he lives in all of us. Colossians 3:11 NLT I don’t have to explain to …