When I was sixteen going on seventeen, our church youth group learned about the Appalachia Service Project (ASP), a Christian nonprofit ministry focused on the “eradication of substandard housing in Central Appalachia.” Growing up, I was aware that there were families who didn’t have the same standard of living we did, but participating in ASP […]
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Growing-up TV was always mindless, but it was never mean.
Nature can be cruel but so can humans; the difference is choice.
Living in unity doesn’t mean surrendering your individuality to sameness, that’s tyranny.
When we manipulate words for our benefit, we recreate the first evil to enter the world.
Laws measure our performance; love measures our hearts.
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I spent almost every summer while in college as a camp counselor at Imago Dei, an Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) camp in Wisconsin. Youth ministry had become my passion and purpose, one so personally fulfilling that I justified the fact that I was attempting to love God and others without loving myself. A […]
A culture of material overabundance eventually leads to spiritual starvation.
Love is never about performance; It is about grace, mercy, humility and kindness.
Set aside time to think deeply or you’ll lose your mind and heart to meaninglessness.