I don't know how many people actually have read it, but in the "this sojourner" part of this blog is a short "About Me" thing that I typed up some time ago and added to as time passed (some of the most recent additions were actually permitted plagarisms from my dear sister-friend, Hannah).  I generally copy-and-paste that short paragraph to be used ( Read more... )

In a way, it's somewhat humourous how it works...but in a way, it's not! I write a blog post about something God is teaching me and what I think I'm learning from it...and things are going quite well in that for a couple days, and then, BOOM! I fall again and seem to completely forget everything I've learned from all that happened before. ( Read more... )

One of my favorite books is Hinds Feet on High Places by Hannah Hurnard. It's the allegorical story of the journey of Much Afraid, with the Shepherd, from the Valley of Humiliation to the High Places. While there are things I disagree with in the book (mainly how Songs of Songs is used), I can very much relate to Much Afraid's journey and as such ( Read more... )

“Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts or measure words, but to pour them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then, with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.” ~George Eliot

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So...this is my first blog post from near the bottom of the world. I've been in New Zealand for several days thus far, and am SO glad I came! The past few days have been filled with (in no particular order) cooking, cleaning, discussions on spiritual things, unpacking, going grocery shopping, good conversations, playing with and training sweet ( Read more... )

C. S. Lewis is one of my favorite authors...and yesterday I finally finished his The Four Loves. As would be expected from a Lewis book, it was very good...and full of such jewels of quotes that a word-lover like me enjoys greatly!  I thought I'd share some of my favorites with you all...

[Speaking of how every human's love for God is a "Need-love ( Read more... )

After personal experience and much thought about some of the things the Lord has been teaching me lately, I’ve come to a conclusion...politeness is a great destroyer of true fellowship and close friendships.

That may seem like a ridiculous thing to say...I mean, aren’t we supposed to be polite to each other?! Well, actually, according to the Bible ( Read more... )

After the couple months of summer, I am once again back at school. I know that I said I wasn’t going to be coming back, but plans changed and I’m back now. This year is going to be very different from last year…many things have changed, I’m not taking a full load, etc., but it’s still good to be back!

Since many of my close friends are here at ( Read more... )

The promised Pooh quotes...

From Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne...

"Here we go round the mulberry bush."
"Oh!" said Pooh. He thought for a long time, and then asked, "What mulberry bush is that?"
"Bon-hommy," went on Eeyore gloomily. "French word meaning bonhommy," he explained.
~Chapter VI: In Which Eeyore Has a Birthday and Gets Two Presents

"I'm ( Read more... )

Several times I've posted the lyrics to the song, "He's Always Been Faithful", by Sara Groves and I'm going to do it again...that song has pretty much become the defining song of my life in the last couple years.

Morning by morning I wake up to find
The power and comfort of God's hand in mine
Season by season I watch Him amazed
In awe of the mystery ( Read more... )