Purpose & Potential: The In-Between

June 16, 2017.Reading time 11 minutes.

One my biggest struggles in regard to life purpose is the tension between what could be and what is. Dreams and desires God seemed to put on my heart remain out of reach. Potential I see in myself stays dormant, for years.

Coming to the End of What I Thought I Knew

April 21, 2017.Reading time 3 minutes.

“Knowledge puffs up.”1 Corinthians 8:1 Ever since I was young, I have craved knowledge and understanding. As a kid, I asked my parents what the meaning of life was and thought their answer, “No one really knows,” struck me as absolutely ridiculous. So everyone is just blindly staggering through their lives? That makes no sense! I have […]

Standing By My Singleness

March 14, 2017.Reading time 6 minutes.

At times, people have intimated that my current life circumstances are not optimal for finding a life partner. I’d have to agree. I live in a foreign country (South Korea), in a city where the majority of people are not fluent in my native tongue (and I’m far from fluent in theirs). I am a […]

Living a Life of Faith. Still.

February 23, 2017.Reading time 5 minutes.

I have been living in Korea for over five years now. In August, it will be six. Wow. That’s awhile. That’s longer than I spent in college. That was most of my twenties. Sometimes I feel incredibly at home here. It was like that since the beginning. There are moments of frustration, miscommunication, and helplessness, […]

The Nature of Faith

January 31, 2014.Reading time 5 minutes.

I started this year determined to have faith. Even when things looked impossible, I decided I would believe what God said and not what I could see. It’s only been one month and already, that resolve has been tested. Almost constantly.

In the Dark

May 21, 2012.Reading time 2 minutes.

While I was lying in bed last night, two car crashes happened outside my open window. It was jolting to be half-asleep and hear the screech of tires followed by the crash of metal and glass. Even though I was lying safely indoors up on the fourth floor, it felt as if the cars were […]