I've prayed for something for a decade that hasn’t yet come to pass. There are months where the sting of waiting wanes. But there are those where it doesn’t, where the seeming interminability of the situation - and God's silence - threatens to … [Read more...] about When God Seems Silent
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What is Truth?
Sometimes as I read the Bible, a long-familiar verse will jump out at me, brimming with sudden relevance to my life. A few years ago, this happened to me with John 18:38, where Pontius Pilate asks, “What is truth?” I had never really … [Read more...] about What is Truth?
The Obedience Experiment; Also, why I Decided Not to Go to Graduate School
For the past six years of my life, I was enveloped in what I've dubbed the "Career Crisis." Over the course of this timeframe, what began as a struggle to find my calling morphed into a struggle to believe that God had a calling on my life. As I … [Read more...] about The Obedience Experiment; Also, why I Decided Not to Go to Graduate School
A Wound of Contrition
Two years ago, I was finishing up my undergraduate thesis. My advisor was a suave Ivy League production, and his affirmation meant more to me than…almost everything. When he treated me as though I were his equal and took my ideas seriously, it made … [Read more...] about A Wound of Contrition
Victory, Already Achieved
A visual of the path to sanctification This week, I found myself more cognizant of my dependence on the grace of God than I have been in a long time. I was fearful and anxious instead of remembering that God knows me. I fell into familiar … [Read more...] about Victory, Already Achieved
On Calling
I got an email this morning, the first results of my graduate applications, and I was denied. I didn’t help that it wasn’t even among the most prestigious schools I’d applied for. Fear immediately set in: I’m not going to get into any of the others, … [Read more...] about On Calling
Notes from a Recovering Rescuer
Once upon a time, tried to be the life raft instead of the one who threw it. I failed. A lot. When you love Jesus, you want other people to know him and walk in his love. You want other people to experience his grace, resting in him, having … [Read more...] about Notes from a Recovering Rescuer
My Apologetics Story
A few of the stepping stones between freshman year and today... I'm Olivia, and thinking through the idea of God with clarity and conviction changed my life. My apologetics story begins in 2013. I was a freshman in college and a … [Read more...] about My Apologetics Story