the glow of a monitor
We live in an “instant-gratification” society. With the click of a button, we can have food delivered, a movie rented, tell mom we love her with a quick text. We don’t even have to...
Category: faith + life
the secret of life
August 27 marked my “three year anniversary” of living in LA. I’ve been thinking about this journey I have been on out here – the things I have accomplished, the things towards which I...
blue in the sky when it’s raining
The other night I happened to look out a window and catch a glimpse of pink and purple. I immediately grabbed my iPhone, my iPad, and my digital camera like a technologically confused idiot and ran...
…when you’re making other plans
“It’s the oldest story in the world. One day you’re seventeen and planning for someday. And then quietly, without you ever really noticing, someday is today, and then someday is yesterday, and then this...
a lesson in life from Zach & Valentine
In acting class our teacher repeatedly states that we are not trying to learn anything. In fact, we are trying to unlearn all the things our parents, teachers, and society have taught us over...
I can’t do it all.
“I can’t do it all,” I found myself saying more than once yesterday.“There aren’t enough hours in the day,” I found myself saying more than once over the last few weeks. Have you ever...
lighting the flame
Have you ever tried lighting a candle multiple times only to have the flame go out almost immediately? It’s frustrating, right? The other day I was lighting a candle and the wick would light...
yesterday, today, and forever
I’m reading the book of Matthew right now. I forget how powerful it is. It’s like every section is so full of wisdom I can think about it all day. This morning I opened...
the other side of fear
In life there are things that scare us. Things as simple as auditioning for a role, as adventurous as skydiving, or as mysterious as falling in love. It’s scary when you have no control...
the good thing about great pain
There are moments in life when all is right in the world. When you feel like, “It just doesn’t get much better than this.” Moments that come when we least expect them. Great moments. If we’re...
