The Christian faith, into which you now come to be baptized, is affirmed in the Apostles’ Creed, which we confess: “We believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth;” “And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, […]

I’ve seen quite a few wildfires. Not up close, thankfully, and not ever in action. I’ve seen the damage it causes and the destruction it leaves behind. One summer we were driving through Yosemite and I saw the black, barren land. How trees were singed to twigs and how the grass was void of all color. Another time I was […]

15 Fridays. 105 days. It was 15 Fridays ago that I said goodbye to Royce and that I’d see him after spring break. I took my stuff out of the teacher closet, waved goodbye to the kids, and walked to my car. Later that night I was supposed to board a flight to San Francisco, but to avoid feeling rushed […]

Will you trust me for the next block? There’s this one beach access that I always walk down to get to my favorite beach. It’s my beach access to my beach- my happy place. I park my car on the same street every time, and I walk through the same beach access every time. It’s a familiar place, my preferred […]

I just felt the enemy cower. It has been an eight-month long journey of restoration. Of restoring my broken relationship with God. Of restoring my image of who God is. And one by one restoring the relationships that I hold close. I never would have thought that I needed this journey, but it just goes to show that God’s plan […]