It’s easy to say that name-calling and harsh words don’t change out lives, but they sadly do. Words have the power to give us our identity, and in the same way, if they are negative, have the power to give us our insecurities. I’ve spent the last three years thinking about a comment a friend made who said I was…
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Understanding how to define something as right and wrong from Captain America: Winter Soldier.
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A few years ago I watched a variety of random new movie releases and sequels that sounded fun and that I would be heartbroken to miss. The four movies I made it to- Jumanji, Star Wars, Pitch Perfect 3, and The Greatest Showman didn’t sound on the surface like they would have that much in common. But I was astounded…
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What is it about movies nowadays that have us actually routing for the bad guy? After watching the second movie with my friends, they both exclaimed that they had only watched the movie because of Loki. I turned to them in complete surprise. “But, Loki is the bad guy, and not the main character, and you can’t trust anything he…
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The majority of the movie is about whether or not Neo believes he is chosen, important, and special. And far too often, our lives come down to the same thing. Especially in our careers. What we believe is possible for our lives, for our career goals, for God’s ability to use us comes down almost entirely to what we believe about ourselves.
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Obviously, the Wonder Woman bandwagon has been huge. I’ve seen post after post about how amazing the movie is, article after article about the plot, and heard discussion after discussion about the new Marvel phenomenon. I thought the movie was awesome, but I haven’t seen anyone else talk about my favorite part- or at least the part that hit home…
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“Oh, so you’re going to Vegas? Sin City!?! Well, be careful!!” I just smile and nod every time. But the statement makes me wonder at times. I understand the idea, of course- that when people are surrounded by a lot of temptation, it’s very easy to become someone different and make choices you wouldn’t have otherwise. But really, the statement…
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Homegrown is a unique album that is a combination of music and poetry that speaks to social justice and wrestling with issues in the culture that people are afraid to speak about. Janisha wanted to combine her roots as a person- a black, Christian woman growing up in St. Louis- coupled with issues in our generation that are far to often not discussed at all. “I wanted to give young black Christians a voice because they haven’t had one.”
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“The problem starts when we make up our own minds what will give us happiness and then decide if we don’t get exactly that then God doesn’t love us.” Elisabeth Eliot Was reading a book not at all about career, workplace, or medicine this weekend and got struck by this quote. Really, what she is saying is that our first…
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The work we do must be filtered correctly and purposely. The world has seen enough of filtered, perfected fakeness. It wants something real.
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