A Few Lovely Things: June

Every month, I share a few things that added beauty and value to my life. Here's this month's list. This video was a really helpful and valuable conversation for me in light of current events: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxJ9L7CzBRU And this one was incredibly helpful too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2IzPvxBQKA And this one was a bit challenging, and very important. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG9lXBT1zCQ …

A Few Lovely Things: May

Bringing back this monthly tradition: sharing a few things that added beauty to my life this month. The Gray Havens, my favorite band ever, have been doing periodic online concerts ever since the beginning of quarantine. Each one has filled my soul and it's been a definite bright spot of this time! The recordings are …

Favorites Roundup: January ’19

Featuring the snow we don't have here in the sunny South... A few things that brightened my days this January: Favorite Books  Having gone back to school this month, my reading plummeted a little, but this book has definitely been a highlight. I haven't quite finished it, but the creative premise and exciting plot have …

Favorites Roundup: May ’18

How was your May? Mine involved some senior milestones: college decision day, my final high-school dance production, prom...as well as boring, everyday things like school and volunteering and choir rehearsals. I've been fighting off serious senioritis to finish strong...now I only have four days left! In the meantime, here are some things that have been …

Why Christians Should Care About the Arts

  Photo by David Hofmann on Unsplash I love the arts. I write fiction, and I am a voracious reader. I've been dancing since I was six. I sing in choir and play the piano. And recently, as I've started to make plans for my future, I've been thinking a lot about my purpose. Since the arts are such …

Favorites: Fall 2017

Fall is my favorite season. It's so beautiful outside, I love the crisp, but not freezing, weather, and I get to wear scarves and sweaters and boots (finally). Here are a few other favorites from this fall season (September through November): The Nashville Statement (Desiring God): Every Christian should read this manifesto of Biblical sexuality in …

Music Spotlight: The Gray Havens

         Modern Christian music is a bit...disappointing...these days. Okay, okay, I admit it. I listen to typical contemporary Christian music pretty often. There are good songs, and I think that anything that truly encourages me or prompts me to worship is worth listening to. But there's a lack of quality, both spiritually/theologically …

Why I Don’t Limit Myself to “Christian” Entertainment

Secular media can portray truth and beauty as well as, or better than, "Christian" entertainment.

January 2017 Month in Review

We're already at the end of the first month of the new year. How are you doing with your goals? Are you living bolder, better, brighter for God in the new year? Accomplishing everything you could have dreamed? Or are you, like me, realizing that God's plans for you mostly involve seemingly small, mundane, ordinary …

3 Childhood Christmas Favorites

If there is one holiday that has tons of nostalgia surrounding it, it's Christmas. Everyone has childhood traditions that have been part of their holiday season as long as they can remember, that provide continuity from year to year in the midst of growing up and going through changes in life. Christmas is a time …