God loves to teach me lessons in all kinds of different ways, and one of His most lessons took place in the beautiful city of New Orleans. I hope you stay a while to read a little more.
When you blow up at step K after silently enduring steps A through J, people love to focus on your reaction while ignoring what caused it. Groups often protect whatever keeps things easiest—not who was treated fairly. Don't let their silence convince you that your honesty was the problem. Read today’s post on standing in the truth when isolation follows honesty.
I feel like a failure so often going to God over the same patterns again and again. I want to make Him proud, but unlearning years of trauma and survival habits takes time. In my latest blog post, I unpack the guilt of 'digressing,' Paul’s thorn in Romans, and why returning to God daily isn't a failure—it's the whole point of grace.
When nothing changes, and the cycle keeps repeating, I find myself doing what I’ve always done when the pressure gets too high—I run. I throw myself headfirst into work, desperately trying to leave the state, trying to outrun an environment where nothing ever shifts. Read my latest post on the heavy lineage of fear, the friction between free will and God's sovereignty, and what it looks like to keep going when resting in faith feels entirely terrifying.