Photography & Writing
Recently, I completed an eight-week writing mentorship with one of my favorite writers. It was a transformative experience and I feel more confident to step forward and be a more consistent writer. My desire is to write more. During the mentorship, we used the language of "exercising your writing muscles." Like anyone, parts of my …
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Night is the only time shame is shadowed. Daylight shines and reveals blood. I feel like the Nile - a curse upon me for my sin. The blood will never stop. I’m sure of it. Twelve years I’ve prayed it would stop. No priest, no prophet, no doctor - no man can stop my blood. …
Don't forget that Easter was a three-day process.
From the beginning of time, skepticism has been the natural inclination of our hearts. Our sin in the Garden highlights the beginning of our doubts. Even the most remarkable truths, like the truth that creation is "good" (Genesis 1), is subject to destruction by the imputation of our preferences over the will of God. We …
There is no greater friend that I have than in God. He knows me fully, loves me still, and gave Himself up for the ugly girl that I am. Sometimes I will be struggling in my heart with sins and pains that no one knows. My secrets will be hidden by the joyful smile on …
Communication finds its heritage in making things common. And this is what anyone who has ever had a friend, teacher, lover or family member could attest to. It is no surprise that the word "community" and the word "communication" find their construction in the word "common". Communication implies that it must be done in community; it must involve more than …
In the midst of seemingly endless traveling, we remember that we are hopeful citizens of an eternal city, and we take comfort. The idea of a hopeless wanderer carries with it the implication of a journey with no end in sight. There is no hope for the one who seeks to find himself along the …
Allyson Howell 