“Brutiful”

  I began this post as 2017 came to a close. I have written, rewritten, apologized, and promised a post was coming. I’ve recently started reading and working through the book Grace Not Perfection by Emily Ley. One prompt asked “which imperfect puzzle are you trying to put together now? Where do you need to…

I would have laughed in your face…

A list of things that if you told me I would do during my Young Adult Volunteer Year  I would have laughed in your face: ***Disclaimers: I began this post in MAY. But more wild things kept happening. And in publishing this post, there is a feeling of finality to my YAV year that I…

Sharing our Stories

The following is the sermon I preached on my last Sunday at Castlemilk Parish Church on July 31st, 2017. The words ring all the more true as time back in the States continues to beat onward and creating a home in Richmond goes on. I’d say that almost every person I’ve met since starting seminary…

Hameldaeme- Home will do me

The first Wednesday in September was my first chapel service as part of the Union Presbyterian Seminary community. I’ve been anxious throughout orientation, knowing I’m the reason we packed our bags and moved to this exact place. What if I chose wrong? How long ‘til we find normal? When do we celebrate being back together?…

Sunday is Coming

There’s a theology I heard for the first time in 2010 when I attended Presbyterian Youth Triennium which went a little something like: {Good} Friday is here. Jesus Christ has been crucified and is dead. The world feels darker. But we are not a people living Friday for the first time, we know the story…