Good Eats and Thoughts of a Contemplative Feeler

Just got back from an amazing IVCF Leadership Summit up in Chico. Great three days of learning about vision for our campuses and God’s will for all of us. One of the things I grasped this weekend was Saturday’s session of seizing the moments that God gives, and eventually, these moments will turn into movements of His grace and love. We cannot let these moments pass us up! After going to OGN and our lunch break of finding God moments in Chico, I realized that God is setting up moments all the time, it’s just seeing them and seizing them. In such moments, we cannot be afraid or discouraged, but go out on faith to the water’s edge and go and claim the inheritance God has promised us. BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS! Our lunch break as so awesome though! I really wasn’t expecting to show up in such a powerful way, but He did for sure (not only just with Me, Kim, and David, but with other people at the Leadership Summit as well!) The adventure began at Jamba Juice in downtown Chico. I dec...

This upcoming week is my last full week of summer...my last full week of ministry with those awesome high schoolers that I have come to love....my last full week with my amazing and encouraging brothers and sisters at The Rock. This summer has been full of surprises, mainly because of God deciding to show up and work in a HUMONGOUS way. I'm glad that God decided to push me though, to encourage me to try new things and to make myself vulnerable. My internship with the high school ministry and revealing my deepest sin to my brothers and sisters at OGN was definitely all God, and looking back at everything, all of it was definitely worth it. So I'm going to try to reflect on the biggest aspects of this summer and convey how God has used it to bless me, teach me, and encourage me. 1. Tabling at Orientation As funny as it is, and despite the attitude I may have had, I always had the best time at these. I have gotten to meet some awesome incoming freshmen who I'm excited to h...