In 2012, I spent a week in Monterrey, Mexico with Beth and Todd Guckenberger on the campus of the orphan care ministry they run. We (Rebel Pilgrim) had just optioned the rights to their story to adapt it into a feature film. …
Duck-Face vs. Derp-Face
I’m guessing you’ve seen the duck-face? Urban Dictionary defines it as, “The face made if you push your lips together in a combination of a pout and a pucker, giving the impression you have larger cheekbones and bigger lips.” It’s …
The Story Isn’t Over Yet
Sometimes I have the great privilege of sharing with the NASCAR community in their pre-race chapels. I first met them through their chaplain, and then started going to a couple of races a year and sharing with them about orphancare …
Medical School, Schmedical School
This is one post in a series called “Finding God.” You can read Chris Day’s entire series here. As you can imagine, my parents were none too happy with the choices I was making late in my teen years. I …
Clearing the Jumbled Mess in My Head
I’m a simple-minded guy. Because of this, occasionally I have to clear out all of the jumbled up mess in my head and rediscover a simple framework from which I can again function and live. I’ve had to do this …
Going Off-Script During a Football Prayer
Maybe it was 2005; I’m not quite sure. I was leading a campus ministry at the University of South Carolina affectionately called The Shack. South Carolina was a hot sticky place dipped in sweet tea and football, and it was …
Beautifully Rooted
I have long been a ready, shoot, aim kind of person; a more the merrier, and I-am-sure-at-some-point-this-will-come-out-right kind of girl. It means sometimes there is a mess to be cleaned up that I was a part of making, sometimes it …
It’s Ending and We All Win
Tomorrow night (Wednesday) at midnight EDT, The Bible Experiment Kickstarter campaign will end. We hit our initial goal weeks ago. The last few weeks have been about seeing how many more people would want to join us. Overall, I’ve loved …
Swimming with the Baptists
This is one post in a series called “Finding God.” You can read Chris Day’s entire series here. Attending a Baptist church after growing up Catholic was definitely a shock to my system. As I was introduced to the pastors, …
About a Girl
This is one post in a series called “Finding God.” You can read Chris Day’s entire series here. I’ll be the first to admit that my search for spiritual meaning in life wasn’t really much of a search. I was …