Celebrating Democracy: Why We Can Live in a Society With a Trump Inauguration and Women’s Marches

The point I want to make here is not which side is right and which side is wrong. The point I want to make here is that the beauty of seeing a Trump Inauguration and the Women’s Marches side-by-side. You might be saying how are these things beautiful. They have caused much uproar, disagreement, and pain. But I would challenge you to see that the beauty of these events are not in the events themselves, but in how these events can occur in the first place.

Best Year Ever: Your Best Emotional Year Ever

This is the third part of a five part series called Best Year Ever. This part focuses on your emotional health.

Why I Loathe (But Still Embrace) Turning 30

So today marks the 30th year of my existence, and I have very mixed feelings about this momentous occasion in my life. On the one hand I should be thrilled that I am departing my 20s and that the 30s have proven to be a good decade for most people. On the other hand I should be dreading turning 30 and still “not having it all together” like society expects you to when you turn that age.

Year In Review: Society – “Dancing” Sharks, Caitlyn Jenner, & the Search for Identity

You see, the definition of society is “the aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community.” When I read that definition, I think to myself “what order”? And that’s exactly the point…

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A generation burned… (why it’s ok to love again)

“One of the hardest things in life is watching the person you love, love someone else.” ~ Unknown Wasn’t this for real? I can’t believe this could happen? Why me? Why now? For too many people these questions have been asked, and many times the answer is not easy. For love is the greatest thing

Why So Jaded?

It seems like recently in my life I have experienced a disturbing trend in our society… people who don’t have discernment. Now maybe I was blind before and this has always happened (which I believe), or maybe it just hasn’t happened around me (which I don’t buy), or maybe something in between. Whatever the reason,

transparency (i want to see you)…

It is said that we look on the outside of a person, but God looks at the heart. This is a statement that has seemed to be ingrained in my memory for the longest time. I cannot understand sometimes how God would want to see me for who I am. Why would God want to