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

A lot has changed in my life since March, as I’m sure is true for many of you. I’ve made […]
It has been a few weeks since classes were canceled and the world as we know it shifted. How’re you […]
A few years ago, I was sharing with a friend of mine the different ways that I feel emotions. Generally […]
It’s not about me. It’s not about me. It’s not about me. These four words echo in the minds of […]
I was reading a book this week and the author was reflecting on his faith and he asked himself (and […]
So, I guess it’s Christmastime again? Word on the street is that it happens annually. News to me. Anyways—how are […]
I’ve been caught up in a few things lately; mostly myself, if I’m allowed to be honest. Many things have […]
Certainly I am not the only person of faith that has sunk into a kind of passive state in which […]
Have you ever prayed for something for so long that you weren’t exactly sure how you would handle it when […]
Do you ever feel like time is slipping from underneath you? Like everything is moving too quickly and you just […]
Throughout the journey of our faith, God is constantly shaping and molding us to be more like Him (2 Corinthians […]
I’ve been in Estes Park for about a week now, and I really really wish that I could say it’s […]
Monday, I’ll be in Estes Park Colorado for my second summer of Leadership Training. Believe me, I’m excited about this—I […]
Do you ever just find yourself feeling trapped, forgotten, or abandoned? Or just in the midst of an anxious wind […]
I’ve often caught myself sitting in the tension between humility and pride. This isn’t [mostly] a new thing for me; […]
There are moments—moments in our lives that have us feeling like we’re plagued by the weight of our sin, by […]
I felt like God wasn’t talking to me. I was like, “Dude, friends don’t keep things from each other, why […]
Lights. Camera. Action. It’s dark. There is an isolated sound of white noise and the slow, light huff of breath. Suddenly, a […]
This last week, I met up with one of the coolest, or dare I say it quirkiest gals that I know in order to […]
It feels good to be back in the beautiful, cold, and wintry Kent, Ohio for the Spring semester. I was […]
It’s been a weird break for me. Okay so everything is a little weird for me, but still: this break […]
Every year so many of us get caught up in the excitement of making new years resolutions. I think I’ve […]
Happy Chrizms! It’s Chrisman! Merry Crisis! Merry Chrysler! Well, I hope you’re all saying thanks for your avocado’s today. lol […]
Hi again! It’s been a while since I’ve posted—final’s week had my attention for a bit; however, all is over […]
Everywhere I turn, students are rushing to classes they haven’t been to all semester; snow is falling and occasionally making […]
In a fallen world like ours, it’s easy to trip over yourself and find yourself in the midst of confusion […]
It was early September and I had been rushing through the student center to get to the bookstore so that […]
You know that “trust” game that we all used to play with our friends when we were younger? The one […]
I have an unfortunate tendency of pretending like God is finished with me. I don’t know why, but I think […]
A young woman, seventeen years old, sits in a room dimly lit by the yellow light of a dying fluorescent […]
Lately, I’ve been trying to understand what the word worth really means in my life. I think it’s really easy […]
Bear with me here, this might just be a pile of words. I don’t know if it’s because my birthday […]
If anyone has ever said to you that being a Christian was easy—that once you accepted Christ you would never […]
I have this thing, a passion perhaps, for music. I listen to music at LEAST 70% of my everyday life—for […]
I love night time. I love a starry sky, how the dark blue cast of the sky seems to never […]
I have this obsession of analyzing things way too much, and because of this over-analyzation problem, I’ve come up with this theory […]
I think my freshman year of college was a joke. Stick with me here, I’m not dropping out or anything, […]
It’s two in the morning and we’ve just spent the last three hours of our Thursday night serving the bar-goers […]
Despite my age, life has proven to me over and over and over again that nothing really goes as planned. […]
Change. I hardly have to write much when it comes to this because most of you understand the complicated, yet […]
Being back in Ohio has been particularly rough for me lately. Honestly, and I know there’s a large chunk of […]
There’s something about living in Colorado that just brings you closer to God; I don’t really think I can explain […]
Throughout the course of LT, we’ve been jumping through 1st and 2nd Samuel, and let me just say, it’s been […]
There’s an unfortunate stigma in the church that you can’t be a Christian and also struggle with anxiety and depression. […]
I’ve mentioned before that this summer I’ve had the amazing opportunity to work at the YMCA of the Rockies in […]
I’ve never considered myself a broken person, that is, until Women’s Weekend this last semester. Throughout the course of that […]
As painful as it might be, I think I’ve finally begun to recognize how much people suck. If I wasn’t […]
caitie l. young is a fiction and poetry writer in kent, ohio. while she would like to be writing all […]
The sweet aroma of a caramel latte is always enough to get me going, even on my least productive days. […]
Lights. Camera. Action. On an empty stage, one spotlight shines on a single mop bucket, a thoroughly used mop sits […]