One of the great parts about Second Year at BSSM Online is that we had AMTs (Advanced Ministry Trainings), and we got to choose them! In First Year, we were auto-enrolled in just a few of them. This year, we…
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Last week I shared about how I’ve really begun to see the power of prayer at work in my life. It’s like a switch flipped, and suddenly some of my prayers are actually getting things done, in Jesus’ name! 🙌…
I have some really cool testimonies to share with you! Most of us know in our heads that prayer is powerful. James says the prayer of a righteous person is “a force to be reckoned with” (James 5:16). But I…
Everything is prophetic to me. Okay, not everything, but the Lord speaks through so much of what happens in my day-to-day life. My mom got a new car a few weeks ago. New to her, anyway. She’s driven around the…
This week, I let go of something that was difficult for me to release. When I was in college, I took a digital media class where each student created a free WordPress blog for the semester. I started a recipe…
Lately I’ve been feeling overwhelmed. Okay, I’ve been feeling overwhelmed since October, when it became clear to me that Second Year at BSSM was not what I was expecting and was actually quite different than the First Year rhythm I’d…
Rejection hurts. I know this from painful firsthand experience. It hurts our pride, it hurts our self-esteem, and often it hurts our chances of trying again because we get too scared and scarred by our memories. I’m not going to…
I haven’t had to turn down that many guys in my 33 years of life (and none were asking until I was a few years into my 20s, either!), but on occasion I will decline someone’s advances, and I have…
Happy Valentine’s Day! A whole bunch of singles are rolling their eyes as I say that, I know. I get it. Especially on days like today, singleness can be difficult. Sometimes people assume that since I seem so content as…