Something I’ve been learning quite concertedly over the past week or two is that I have harbored way more internal fear my entire life in my heart/subconscious/self below the surface than I ever realized or even thought possible. It’s actually been a sight to behold. Existential life questions I’ve posed to myself and God over […]
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When God Judges (Musing)
1 Corinthians 4:5 – “Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait till the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.” This verse struck me as a fun little plot twist this […]
Continue readingBelfast 2020: The “Being” Bucket List (Not to be deterred by Coronavirus)
I write from one of my favourite coffee shops in the city centre of Belfast, fleetingly conscious that I’ve used British spelling for two words in my opening sentence. How we find ourselves assimilated in interesting places in this life. It’s nice to see other humans and places open like normal in the […]
Continue readingEurope 2020: Back to Belfast and Be-ing over Do-ing
On a bus driving from Newcastle, Northern Ireland back to Belfast after a short day trip. I arrived back in Northern Ireland yesterday after a two-week visit to the United States to do Christmas with family. The trip was restful, invigorating, and encouraging in a lot of ways. After tomorrow, I’ll be back to […]
Continue readingLife Update and Shelf Life on Questions for God
I write from a plane above the Pyrenees mountains. Bound for Belfast, I’m returning from a weekend basketball trip to Molina, Spain with a crew of eleven 16-17-year-old girls and one fearless mom who braved the journey and who was instrumental to its success. In the same instant, I’m exhausted and quite content. We all […]
Continue readingEurope 2019: Barcelona, Helsinki, and “Walking by Faith…”?
Written 10/25 I write from an unfamiliarly nice airline seat aboard a Finnair flight from Barcelona, Spain to Helsinki, Finland. It’s odd not to be on a bottom-of-the-barrel budget flight when you’re scrunched into as little space as humanely required by the powers that be and contemplating getting some coffee or tea or, wonder […]
Continue readingEurope 2019: Learning How to Get Gifts
I sit in one of my newfound favorite study haunts — the Edinburgh Art College cafe — staring through full-face windows at a weather progression that, in any other ecosystem, would have looked like a time-lapse video. In Scotland though, the sky going from beaming blue to foreboding grey and then dumping rain in […]
Continue readingEurope 2019: The Fleeting Ghost I Call Success
I write from a sunny gate lounge in Milan’s Malpensa airport. I am returning to Edinburgh after a whirlwind Italy trip with dear high school friends. Adventure makes an excellent pastime — but now it’s time to head back to life as normal and finish the last couple weeks of my second semester. I cannot […]
Continue readingEurope 2019: Ringing in the New Year and Intrinsic Value
And just like that, January, 2019 has arrived. I write from Birmingham airport where I’m waiting to board a final flight back to Edinburgh after a few weeks of running around Eastern Europe. I got to spend a crazy New Year’s Eve night with a bunch of friends in Romania enjoying music, dancing, games, food, […]
Continue readingEurope 2018: Christmas in Vienna and Desires Unquelled
I write from a train car whisking me from Tatabánya, Hungary (a small town near Budapest) to Vienna, Austria. It’s Christmas morning and I was privileged to spend the last day+ with a good friend baking Hungarian Christmas goodies, traveling to a nearby cozy village to hear a Christmas concert in a hallowed one-room church, […]
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