I recently planted sunflowers and realized the nature of the great outdoors reflects God’s nature. Consider the seasons: there’s an objective order to them—it’s always hottest in the summer, and birds migrate to warmer places in the fall. There’s a rightand wrong time for things to happen. Yet there’s also a flexibility. For example, there [...]

I recently planted sunflowers and realized the nature of the great outdoors reflects God's nature. Consider the seasons: there's an objective order to them—it's always hottest in the summer, and birds migrate to warmer places in the fall. There's a rightand wrong time for things to happen. Yet there's also a flexibility. For example, there [...]

It's not often that I eat out, but this one time in February was especially memorable. I was in the drive-thru of a burger joint with my mom. “Want anything?” she asked. I said no, but when I smelled my mom's perfect burger, I changed my mind. Thankfully, she was patient and turned around. But [...]

Tuesday is my favorite day of the week because I get to sing with my friends in choir. I used to mentally divide my whole week into days that were Tuesday and days that weren't. The non-Tuesdays only served to get me to Tuesday. I was on mental pause for 86 percent of my week [...]