Well, it has been a MINUTE! I haven’t written anything in just under two years and YIKES, that is a long time! It is easy to beat myself up about this, but instead, I’m gonna choose to give myself grace because the last two years have not necessarily been a walk in the park. All … More | H E L L O |( a g a i n )
“I found heaven in pieces, the glimmer and dust. Broken glass in reflection till we shine like the sun.” Glimmer in the Dust by Hillsong United All of my life I have been afraid that I was too broken to be worth anything. I realize that everyone knows that they have something wrong with them … More | B R O K E N |
November 1st is a day that on the Christian calendar is known as All Saints Day. It may sound odd to some, but I think we miss out on blessings by ignoring holy days like this one. Growing up in an evangelical church world, I lived with an inaccurate view of who and what defined … More | S A I N T S |
“Oh Light, come to reconcile, come in like a child. Holy night. Oh Light, our hopes and all our fears, met within your sight. Holy Night.” –Oh Light by Gungor Welcome to Advent, the time every year where we as people of faith have the chance to meditate on the incarnation of Christ and all … More | A D V E N T |
As many of you may know from my previous post, I moved to home to the Detroit area in September. In my first week back, I was able to find a job, which has been a huge blessing, working as a maintenance worker for a non-profit in the city of Detroit. The organization is called … More | M A I N T E N A N C E |
Sometimes when I think about the word move, I get a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach. You know, that feeling that you get that is a weird combination of excitement and anxiety and always gives you diarrhea… At least it does if you’re me… That is the feeling I get when I … More | M O V E |
I have always hated locker rooms… It’s just a fact of my life. There are many reasons that I hate them to be sure, but the greatest reason is that I have always been 100% TERRIFIED of nudity. I remember being a teenager and going to the YMCA with my family and there were these … More | B A R E |
“Seen in the light of the Easter dawn, the cross is revealed to be the lost Tree of Life. In the middle of a world dominated by death, the Tree of Life is rediscovered in the form of a Roman cross.”-Brian Zahnd I know, I know, Easter already happened, but let’s just picture it all … More | S U R R E N D E R |
“As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love.” John 15:9 (NKJV) Why is this so difficult a task for so many of us? To abide in His love; to make our home there. Some days it feels as if the church has made a show of following Christ … More | A B I D E |
This past week has not been the easiest. Self reflection can sometimes be painful, and growth isn’t always the most comfortable thing. You don’t really realize how deep the lies have crept and how quickly they come to the surface until you focus on speaking truth. But over the past week one thing has been … More | I D E N T I T Y |
Dare To Be Derek 