Last week, the awesome Bekah B. at The Narrow Road for Teens nominated me for the Sunshine Blog Award!! (yayyyy xD) Thanks so much, Bekah! The Rules: Answer eleven questions. Nominate other bloggers. Give them eleven questions to answer. Disclaimer: I’m a bit of a serious personality, not to mention an introvert, so doing something … Continue reading Sunshine Blog Award
By Pam Muñoz Ryan Echo is a frame narrative following a harmonica from a fairy-tale (involving witches, stolen princesses, and the like) into reality, touching base in three lives: Friedrich, Mike, and Ivy, who live around the time period of World War 2 and who all love music. The harmonica, having being touched by magic … Continue reading Book Review: Echo
In last week’s post I brought up how God’s love is something that is repeated so much that it feels meaningless sometimes. But in reality, it is an amazing phenomenon because it is not out of God’s obligation, but -- as all love is -- of His divine choice. As a few wonderful verses I … Continue reading The Stark Reality of God’s Love for Us (Pt. 2)
Above all else, remember that God loves you. Sound familiar? In today’s church, the love of God would seem to be one of, if not the most, emphasized aspect of our faith. It’s what people encourage each other with, a common go-to phrase from Veggietales to Taiwanese churches, and how people often present the gospel … Continue reading The Stark Reality of God’s Love for Us: Part 1
FINALLY I am posting a short story on here, which is appropriate since I write fiction more than I write poetry. Enjoy~ What was living, if it was dodging the hand of the law, with no one to turn to, no one to care for? Turning herself in might be the thing to do after … Continue reading Short Story: The Legend of the Stealing Child
Despite residing in Taiwan, I had the opportunity this past month to attend the 13th Hong Kong Vida Nueva in ICS. Vida Nueva is Spanish for “new life”, and it is a (packed) Christian weekend retreat that is aimed for high school students. As most teenage Christian events go, it was a lot of fun. … Continue reading Vida Nueva: My Experience (and how it is not a cult)
When was the last time you beat yourself up over something you did wrong -- whether it was socially unacceptable, kind of embarrassing, you disappointing yourself, or being convicted by the Holy Spirit of some kind of sin? For me, that was three days ago from the time of publishing this post. Feelings of guilt … Continue reading Trusting in the Grace of God
There are a lot of amazing words that can be attributed to the God we serve. Strength. Big-ness. Almighty. Authority. Omnipotent. You know, stuff that’s easy to say Sunday morning in our worship songs… and easy to forget Wednesday night when you’re down in the dumps over something, whether it be a tough project or … Continue reading Trusting in the Strength of God
I’m not even going to give a rating for this spectacular work. How can words do justice to words that are even more beautiful? Beginning with Eru Ilúvatar creating angelic beings called the Ainur, to the Valar settling upon the Earth (Arda) and keeping a lookout for the Children of Ilúvatar, The Silmarillion tells of … Continue reading Book Review: The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
If you’re a Christian or have been to church any number of times, you probably know that the #1 priority in our life is supposed to be our relationship with God, loving Him, and all that. Such head knowledge, though, is hard to apply to our everyday lives, especially when we’d rather be on YouTube … Continue reading Rubbish: A Matter of Priorities
Literature for The Light 