tomorrow begins a journey. . .

. . . an endeavor into the world of ministry and sharing, of youth and music, of high ropes and s'mores, and all the lovely things that may or may not grow from being at camp lakeview over the next few months. starting tomorrow i get to work as the summer program director for a wonderful staff and mounds of campers to come.

i'll do my best to post photos as i can throughout the summer... although i'm missing my camera charger at the moment. nevertheless- people to meet, crafts to make, dodgeballs to kill, goofy faces to learn, songs to play, burgers to flip, puddles to stomp in, verses to think on, messes to make, laughs to have, costumes to wear, prayers to keep praying. . .

God's blessings are blooming.

words.

i am a writer. i am a listener and a thinker. i breathe in and speak out. i don't always say what i mean, but i try. and i believe that words can bend life.

God created the whole world by speaking (Genesis 1) and says that our tongues can either be like swords cutting others down or a balm healing up their wounds (Proverbs 12:18).

words take us places. they draw us in and out of... music, thought, literature, relationships, poetry, decisions, emotions... and make impressions--deep or shallow--in the surface and structure of our hearts.

choose words of beauty, then. of healing and love, of meaning and laughter. of learning and wonder.

this is what i hope & pray for... in my songwriting, in my interactions, in the way i breathe. . .