10 Books To Read This Summer
One of my favorite parts about school breaks is having the time to read. My family moved to the United States when I was eight years old, and I learned the English language through reading. I devoured...
View ArticleFleeing From Youthful Desires
The world tells you how to spend your twenties by saying things like: “Date around” or “You’ve got plenty of time to embark on a career, enjoy this time to find yourself and travel.” But, what happened...
View ArticleGift Ideas for Long Distance Relationships
For years, I dreamed about finding the right guy and building a wonderful relationship with him. My dream love story was always the stereotypical one – a nice guy becomes interested in me, we begin...
View ArticleBeing a Peacemaker in a Peacekeeping World
When you look at the world around us, “peaceful” would be the last word you would use to describe it. All around us is instability and uncertainty. Everything from the political scene, to domestic and...
View ArticleFive Tips For Supporting a Friend on Her Mission Trip
If you have been on a mission trip, you understand all the preparation that goes into the trip. You have to fundraise, prepare your heart, and pack your bags, all of which can be difficult! Sometimes,...
View ArticleGirl, Please Don’t Pokemon Go!
There is a park near me that I walk and run in almost daily. Usually, there are about a dozen people there, although on the nice days it will get crowded. But this last week, there are people...
View ArticleA Resumé of Consistency During Changing Seasons
We all experience different seasons in our lives. And with changing seasons often comes uncertainty. We experience fear, doubt, sadness, confusion, loneliness, or worry. When our circumstances become...
View Article5 Ways to Overcome Self-Hatred
For You created my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful, I know that full well. –Psalm 139:13-14...
View ArticleFive Healthy Summer Dessert Recipes
Summer is officially underway, and you are probably seeing pictures of your friends on Instagram sitting at the beach and eating giant cups of froyo. I personally love ice cream, and I wish it could do...
View ArticleWhen Your Faith Doesn’t Keep Up With Adulting
When I was a little girl and something really truly wonderful happened, I would close my eyes really tightly and think, “I hope this never changes” or “I wish this day could go on forever.” Even as a...
View ArticleMy Struggle With Body Dysmorphic Disorder
It started when I was 17. I had been rejected by a boy who meant a lot to me. He and I became very close, but when I told him how I felt about him (a very vulnerable feeling, I can assure you) he told...
View ArticleThe Value of Friendship
Who are your friends? Do you have one friend or many? Is everyone your “best friend” or do you reserve that title for that one special person? After college and graduate school, my view of...
View ArticlePreparing for Our Heavenly Marriage
Odds are if you take a look at any girls’ Pinterest page, you will find four things: a board filled with her favorite quotes, recipes that she may or may not try one day, pins of her ideal but...
View ArticleThe Devil’s Playground: An Idle Mind
How often do you daydream? For me, drifting to an imaginary place and pretending to live out all my wildest dreams happens quite a bit. Whether it’s a quick escape during my workday or an extended...
View ArticleFive Ways To Set Yourself Up For Success After Graduation (PART I)
Next week is our first College Week with five days worth of college-themed articles but, for some, this fall will be different from all the rest. For those of us who graduated in May, this is the first...
View ArticleFive Ways To Set Yourself Up For Success After Graduation (PART II)
Yesterday, we began talking about what you can do to set yourself up for success after graduation. Today, we’re continuing with the final two ways you can make the most of adulting. 4. Become...
View ArticleThe Journey: Even When You Cannot See
Life can be confusing. It’s like the road map is turned upside down, the GPS isn’t working, and all the road signs that are supposed to tell you where to go are in another language! They say that life...
View ArticleIt’s Okay Not To Have A Plan
Congratulations, my friend! You have made it through another summer to venture into the academic year ahead. I am sure that your summer was a patchwork of relaxing, panicking over “what’s next,” and...
View Article10 Creative Ways to Build Community in College
It’s been 10 years since I’ve graduated college!! (gasp!!) While in college at UC Davis, I lived with five other girls who became like family to me. I’d never experienced anything like the friendship...
View ArticleNew Year’s Resolution – College Edition
New Years? In late August? I’m sure that wherever you live, ‘Back-to-School’ sales and advertisements have found their way to the billboards near your neighborhood mall and on to your favorite radio...
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