When I was young, young children were encouraged to dream of being firefighters or policemen, nurses or mothers. In the last twenty-four years, that ideal of heroism has been exchanged for a much lesser goal. Just last semester, a student in my English class wrote that his goal in life was to be the life…
Author: Abi
Elite mountain bike racer, data science student, former teacher...
Hiding in Elijah’s Caves
The darkness seeps in. Shadows overtake. Doubt. Fear. Insufficiency. The whispers drone on with frightening intensity: “You are alone.” “No one cares.” “You can’t do this.” “Your life sucks…and it’s all your fault.” “The pain will never end.” The blight of discouragement and depression strikes each of us at one time or another, regardless of…
#education. #homeschooled. #historybuff.
In the last ten years, the emergence of social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Pinterest and the explosion of Google as a searching powerhouse have opened up endless possibilities for education. Technology, once considered an enemy of education, has now given students and teachers the keys to stepping beyond the classroom walls…
Merry Christmas!
This Christmas season has been fun and special as I have had several opportunities to bless others by caroling for elderly people in the community. Each time, despite the cold and rainy weather, it has been so exciting to see the faces of people light up as we raised a “joyful noise” in singing familiar…
Thinking…
Just a few of the articles I’ve been thinking about lately…. Hope for the Waiting When Your Dreams are Delayed God is Looking for Plodders Scriptures to Meditate on When your Future is Uncertain In all of this, the idea that God is good, God is faithful, and God is in control just keeps on…
Spelunking
Adventure calls from the darkness of the cave, tempting, begging, and pleading for the wanderer to enter. Inside, the perceived black of night is overwhelmed by real dark, the complete absence of light. Inch by inch, tiptoeing forward, the adventurous soul gropes the cave walls, hoping desperately to find solid ground to support the next…
Remembering those Without
On Thanksgiving, the turkey, stuffing, rolls, potatoes, and pumpkin pie blend together to create the smell of family, food, and home. A smell that wafts throughout the house and lingers in our memories….at least until Black Friday hits, when we hit the shopping centers to overdraft our credit cards once again in celebration of everything…
Happy Thanksgiving!
It seems like summer was just yesterday, but, according to the calendar, Thanksgiving is just a week away. Maybe that’s because in Indiana, it was “summer” with sunshine and 70s on Sunday, before it snowed on Monday! When I think about Thanksgiving, I always remember a simple activity my parents incorporated into our yearly tradition….
Its a Good Day…
I just want to hide in a corner and cry. No matter how hard I try to suppress them, the tears keep welling up behind my eyes. I feel like a failure. A disappointment. Even though I arrived at school early, even though I read the minutes and had everything prepared, even though I left…
Keep Oneself Unstained from the World
James 1:26-27 If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless. Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world. ( ESV) Quite honestly, I’ve…
Ride Fierce Racing 