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I have mentioned many times recently that I am a cross country coach.  This past week for me, and my mother who is also a cross country coach, was our regional cross country meet and that means this is the meet where we find out who is going to go to the Iowa state crossContinue reading “Somebody has to be 11th:”

It is amazing to look at the book of Psalms and to see all the glorious ways that the Lord has to defend us and to care for us.  One day as I was doing my personal daily devotional, I read the verse of the day.  The verse of the day this past Monday wasContinue reading “The Lord: Our Defender:”

Dear Courtney,  You love to learn.  You love to read.  You love to watch documentaries.  You love to listen to informational podcasts.  Specifically, you love to learn about what are some of the injustices in the world and what can be done to fix it.  You love people, so therefore you want to learn aboutContinue reading “Dear Courtney,”

Recently I was reading the book, “Uncommon Ground.”  This book is written by Timothy Keller and John Inazu.  However, they do ask other writers and followers of God to also write chapters.  The first chapter of the book that I read was by a theologian Kristen Deede Johnson.  She talked about the reasons that sheContinue reading “In the family:”

Being in my third year of teaching, I have learned more about being a teacher from actually being a teacher, then when I was in school studying it.  I have learned from my fellow teachers and from actually being in the class.   I still have a lot to learn, but I know that IContinue reading “Learning from my students:”

Recently I was reading through verses of the day, and one verse that was mentioned was Ecclesiastes 3:1 which says, “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.”  We as people will often go through good, happy, and fruitful times, while we will also go through times of greatContinue reading “In every season…”

There was a long time ago when I wrote a blog post about my four power words.  One of my four power words was to advocate or to show advocacy.  I believe that this word is one that is often talked about, but it is maybe not fully understood in its fullest potential and meaning. Continue reading “Advocacy: Change in Action”

In this past week’s blog post, I wrote that one of my challenges was for everyone to find one passage to meditate on for the whole week.  The passage that I chose to meditate on was John 15:1-17.   I meditated on it everyday, and then I would write down something new that I discoveredContinue reading “The passage I meditated on this week:”

My friend and roommate for the summer, Shaniese, was recently talking about a friend’s mom that is a major prayer warrior, and then used the term, being in tune with her Holy Spirit.”  I realized that this is something I haven’t thought much about.  I know that I have the Holy Spirit. I know thatContinue reading “Be in tune with your Holy Spirit:”

If any of you are like me, then sometimes you can overcommit yourself.  I have a bit of a problem with getting myself too involved and then end up being very busy and incredibly exhausted.  I was really bad at doing this when I was in college.  I got myself into many different jobs andContinue reading “You aren’t meant to do this alone:”