I can’t believe summer is already coming to a close! I head back to Biola this weekend, and before I hop into a new semester I wanted to …
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Reminders
My friends can attest to the fact that I have way too many reminder notifications on my phone. Now I’ve been known to exaggerate, but when I …
Snail Mail: A Simple Way to Cultivate Godly Qualities in a Busy Society
The other day I found a carefully-addressed envelope with my name on it in the mail. When I opened it, there was a sweet note that a friend …
3 Simple Ways to Celebrate Time with Jesus
Recently God has been teaching me of the importance of having a relationship with him instead of just coming to him when I’m in need of a …
The Beauty of Taking Your Time: 3 Ways to Deal with Comparison
Five of my friends and I were sitting in a row of chairs, trying to get in a comfortable position to take the Psychology exam (although how …
Freedom: July 4th
I was looking back through my camera roll, trying to find some Fourth of July photos to share that show our incredible freedom (both in …
What I Learned my Freshman Year
Yikes, I've been in college for a year already?!? Half of me feels like I’ve been a Biola student forever, and the other half feels like I …
The Power of Silence: What I’m Learning about Listening
This last week I headed to Colorado for a missions training where I learned all about how to facilitate relational learning with adults! …
Blue Post-Its: How to Practically Impact Your Relational World
It was late Monday night, and I came back to my dorm stressed out and tired from a whole lotta things. When I finally made it down the long …