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who is caitie young?

who is caitie young?

caitie l. young is a fiction and poetry writer in kent, ohio. while she would like to be writing all […]

July 17, 2018
i still talk to Jesus

i still talk to Jesus

A lot has changed in my life since March, as I’m sure is true for many of you. I’ve made […]

November 23, 2020 0
Faith and Isolation

Faith and Isolation

It has been a few weeks since classes were canceled and the world as we know it shifted. How’re you […]

April 7, 2020 0
Left of Your Joy: How Vulnerability is a Pathway to Peace

Left of Your Joy: How Vulnerability is a Pathway to Peace

A few years ago, I was sharing with a friend of mine the different ways that I feel emotions. Generally […]

February 16, 2020 0
For When You’re Pursuing Holiness

For When You’re Pursuing Holiness

It’s not about me. It’s not about me. It’s not about me. These four words echo in the minds of […]

January 31, 2020 0
A Chasing After the Wind: Lessons from Ecclesiastes

A Chasing After the Wind: Lessons from Ecclesiastes

I was reading a book this week and the author was reflecting on his faith and he asked himself (and […]

January 5, 2020 0
A Quirky Christmas (pt. 2)

A Quirky Christmas (pt. 2)

So, I guess it’s Christmastime again? Word on the street is that it happens annually. News to me. Anyways—how are […]

December 23, 2019 0
Family Photo: Reflections on Unraveling

Family Photo: Reflections on Unraveling

I’ve been caught up in a few things lately; mostly myself, if I’m allowed to be honest. Many things have […]

October 20, 2019 0
Restoration

Restoration

Certainly I am not the only person of faith that has sunk into a kind of passive state in which […]

September 9, 2019 1
Where the Grass is Greener

Where the Grass is Greener

Have you ever prayed for something for so long that you weren’t exactly sure how you would handle it when […]

August 17, 2019 0
Before You Know It

Before You Know It

Do you ever feel like time is slipping from underneath you? Like everything is moving too quickly and you just […]

July 24, 2019 0
For When You’re Learning Surrender

For When You’re Learning Surrender

Throughout the journey of our faith, God is constantly shaping and molding us to be more like Him (2 Corinthians […]

June 16, 2019 0
Joy

Joy

I’ve been in Estes Park for about a week now, and I really really wish that I could say it’s […]

May 31, 2019 0
Pre-Colorado Thoughts + Reflections

Pre-Colorado Thoughts + Reflections

Monday, I’ll be in Estes Park Colorado for my second summer of Leadership Training. Believe me, I’m excited about this—I […]

May 18, 2019 0
Yahweh-Yireh: A Lord that Provides

Yahweh-Yireh: A Lord that Provides

Do you ever just find yourself feeling trapped, forgotten, or abandoned? Or just in the midst of an anxious wind […]

May 5, 2019 0
The Thorn in My Side: Enneagram Reflections and Pride

The Thorn in My Side: Enneagram Reflections and Pride

I’ve often caught myself sitting in the tension between humility and pride. This isn’t [mostly] a new thing for me; […]

April 6, 2019 0
For When Grace Feels Out of Reach

For When Grace Feels Out of Reach

There are moments—moments in our lives that have us feeling like we’re plagued by the weight of our sin, by […]

March 19, 2019 0
Identity Issues: Reflections on Fighting the Good Fight

Identity Issues: Reflections on Fighting the Good Fight

I felt like God wasn’t talking to me. I was like, “Dude, friends don’t keep things from each other, why […]

March 6, 2019 1
A New Nineveh

A New Nineveh

Lights. Camera. Action. It’s dark. There is an isolated sound of white noise and the slow, light huff of breath. Suddenly, a […]

February 17, 2019 3
For When You’re Learning Obedience

For When You’re Learning Obedience

This last week, I met up with one of the coolest, or dare I say it quirkiest gals that I know in order to […]

February 2, 2019 1
On Fear and Comparison

On Fear and Comparison

It feels good to be back in the beautiful, cold, and wintry Kent, Ohio for the Spring semester. I was […]

January 19, 2019 0
Deliverer

Deliverer

It’s been a weird break for me. Okay so everything is a little weird for me, but still: this break […]

January 9, 2019 0
New Year, New Opportunities

New Year, New Opportunities

Every year so many of us get caught up in the excitement of making new years resolutions. I think I’ve […]

January 4, 2019 0
A Quirky Christmas

A Quirky Christmas

Happy Chrizms! It’s Chrisman! Merry Crisis! Merry Chrysler! Well, I hope you’re all saying thanks for your avocado’s today. lol […]

December 24, 2018 2
Life’s Not Out to Get You

Life’s Not Out to Get You

Hi again! It’s been a while since I’ve posted—final’s week had my attention for a bit; however, all is over […]

December 18, 2018 0
Purpose in Pain: A Short Reflection of the Fall Semester

Purpose in Pain: A Short Reflection of the Fall Semester

Everywhere I turn, students are rushing to classes they haven’t been to all semester; snow is falling and occasionally making […]

December 4, 2018 4
For When You Don’t Understand

For When You Don’t Understand

In a fallen world like ours, it’s easy to trip over yourself and find yourself in the midst of confusion […]

November 27, 2018 0
Let Go[d]

Let Go[d]

It was early September and I had been rushing through the student center to get to the bookstore so that […]

November 20, 2018 2
For When it’s Hard to Trust God

For When it’s Hard to Trust God

You know that “trust” game that we all used to play with our friends when we were younger? The one […]

November 13, 2018 2
Make Me a Believer

Make Me a Believer

I have an unfortunate tendency of pretending like God is finished with me. I don’t know why, but I think […]

November 6, 2018 3
Lives Bought and Sold

Lives Bought and Sold

A young woman, seventeen years old, sits in a room dimly lit by the yellow light of a dying fluorescent […]

November 1, 2018 0
The Struggle for Reality and Self Worth

The Struggle for Reality and Self Worth

Lately, I’ve been trying to understand what the word worth really means in my life. I think it’s really easy […]

October 30, 2018 5
Finding Comfort in Change

Finding Comfort in Change

Bear with me here, this might just be a pile of words. I don’t know if it’s because my birthday […]

October 23, 2018 0
For When You Don’t Feel Near to Him

For When You Don’t Feel Near to Him

If anyone has ever said to you that being a Christian was easy—that once you accepted Christ you would never […]

October 16, 2018 1
Wine, Rocks, and Water

Wine, Rocks, and Water

I have this thing, a passion perhaps, for music. I listen to music at LEAST 70% of my everyday life—for […]

October 9, 2018 0
Already Amazing

Already Amazing

I love night time. I love a starry sky, how the dark blue cast of the sky seems to never […]

October 2, 2018 0
Where There is Jesus, There is Hope

Where There is Jesus, There is Hope

I have this obsession of analyzing things way too much, and because of this over-analyzation problem, I’ve come up with this theory […]

September 25, 2018 0
Something About Doing What You Love

Something About Doing What You Love

I think my freshman year of college was a joke. Stick with me here, I’m not dropping out or anything, […]

September 18, 2018 0
For When You Can’t Find the Value of Singleness

For When You Can’t Find the Value of Singleness

It’s two in the morning and we’ve just spent the last three hours of our Thursday night serving the bar-goers […]

September 11, 2018 0
Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust

Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust

Despite my age, life has proven to me over and over and over again that nothing really goes as planned. […]

September 5, 2018 0
For When You Don’t Like Change

For When You Don’t Like Change

Change. I hardly have to write much when it comes to this because most of you understand the complicated, yet […]

August 28, 2018 0
Pick Me, Choose Me, Love Me

Pick Me, Choose Me, Love Me

Being back in Ohio has been particularly rough for me lately. Honestly, and I know there’s a large chunk of […]

August 22, 2018 0
The Life I was Missing: Reflections of a Summer in Colorado

The Life I was Missing: Reflections of a Summer in Colorado

There’s something about living in Colorado that just brings you closer to God; I don’t really think I can explain […]

August 9, 2018
Even When it Hurts

Even When it Hurts

Throughout the course of LT, we’ve been jumping through 1st and 2nd Samuel, and let me just say, it’s been […]

August 1, 2018
Between the Head and the Heart

Between the Head and the Heart

There’s an unfortunate stigma in the church that you can’t be a Christian and also struggle with anxiety and depression. […]

July 26, 2018
Just Call Him Abba

Just Call Him Abba

I’ve mentioned before that this summer I’ve had the amazing opportunity to work at the YMCA of the Rockies in […]

July 19, 2018
Beauty in the Broken

Beauty in the Broken

I’ve never considered myself a broken person, that is, until Women’s Weekend this last semester. Throughout the course of that […]

July 18, 2018
There’s Grace for That

There’s Grace for That

As painful as it might be, I think I’ve finally begun to recognize how much people suck. If I wasn’t […]

July 18, 2018
Our Coffee Shop God: Reflections of My 1st Semester at College

Our Coffee Shop God: Reflections of My 1st Semester at College

The sweet aroma of a caramel latte is always enough to get me going, even on my least productive days. […]

July 17, 2018
The Janitor and a Journey to Nineveh

The Janitor and a Journey to Nineveh

Lights. Camera. Action. On an empty stage, one spotlight shines on a single mop bucket, a thoroughly used mop sits […]

July 16, 2018

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