Refresh
A Blog Written To Encourage Young Adults

White Space: The Art of Scheduling Nothing
I was going through the motions…you know, the ones I do every day. Making a quick dinner, cleaning it up, preparing for an evening meeting,

The Price of Pretending
My two-year-old son, Ty, is regularly confronted with a fork in the road. He’s learning how to navigate a certain question, one with serious implications

Christmas is a Collision of Worlds
Within a few weeks of throwing my lot in with Jesus, I pledged a sorority. It was a collision of worlds. I was an ignorant

Love, War and a Comfy Green Couch
My first major purchase in Central Asia was a custom-made, green, suede-like sectional couch. It was beautiful, comfy…and expensive. I wrestled for months trying to

The Gift of Abandoned Dreams
I sat in church on a Sunday night in November 2011, mourning for an abandoned dream. After graduate school, I had left for Europe to

Suffering?
I get together with a group of men that starts each meeting with updates about our lives and a few prayer requests. I’ve started using
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