Breaking Down and Wondering Why
Breaking Down and Wondering Why And now my dreams are nothing like they were meant to be And I’m breaking down, I think I’m breaking down. [. . .] Someone come, someone come and save my life. – Dallas...
View ArticleFinding a New Year’s Resolution for Your Life
2014 is here! What’s going to be different about your life this year? Have you considered making a mission statement for your life as a New Year’s Resolution? Writing a mission statement for my life...
View ArticlePurpose
Four years done, looking into a black hole of uncertainty. The deep, unfathomable unknown of the future. Where is my life headed? Her body cracks and crumbles from within. Sickness spreads as I watch...
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She lies there, empty, while he touches her Broken, she feels trapped and hopeless This reality is death living inside of her Dreams and desires of a girl long ago are tattered and forgotten. One...
View ArticleA Light in the Darkness: How to Respond to Poverty
Have you ever seen poverty and brokenness but felt hopeless at relieving it? I have. Most of the time, I feel absolutely useless to those around me. Even though I want to help others, I don’t have...
View ArticleHope for the Future
When I heard about Nelson Mandela’s death, I was in a newsroom surrounded by producers who’ve witnessed many key leaders pass away. In many ways, we were all on Mandela watch for a while; an obituary...
View ArticleI Crave Loyalty in the Midst of Suffering
Torture! Mockery! Pain! Distress! The extreme violence and mockery inflicted on Jesus in the movie ‘The Son of God’ was hard to watch. I want to avoid this variety of intense suffering as much as...
View ArticleSpider-Man: Craving for Rescue
In my journeys to exotic lands I have suffered the bite of some terrifying insects. I endured the scourge of a scorpion in the desert of Peru, a black wasp’s stinger drilled into my arm in Africa and a...
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I tried to die, to take my life, to destroy it, but I failed
Sitting in the caf at school, on a day that I was never on campus, in an area I never sit, I was approached by two young and curious ladies. photo credit: wollas cc Ever want to be invisible? Hide away...
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Can Good News Save a Life?
Even if you never watch the news you would still have to admit that, too often, bad news storms into our lives and upsets the delicate card houses that we build for ourselves. Some bad news only annoys...
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