Where the WILD THINGS are!

Nothing excites me quite like this movie!

Today was Beautiful.

Today was beautiful.

I woke up with the sun,
beams of light flooding from the skylights.
Mocha Frappes at Cappuccino’s with beautiful friends.
Ran in the Rain.

Started a new John Piper book.
Lunch with dear friends from California;
no one understands my passion for ministry like these two…
Talked about love.
Talked about peace.

Feasted on frog legs for the first time.
Learned about the Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Reimagined the world.

Good Friday Service. Thank you, Jesus!

Sang with Andrew Bird, RadioHead, and Death Cab.

Made a new friend.

Reminisced with old friends.

Italian food with beloved friends.

Jessica's surpise 18th birthday party.

Couldn't stop smiling all day long.

I Heard You're Scheming New Pyramids...

"Make a plan to love me...sometime soon."

-Bright Eyes

Clarity is all I Crave

If only there was a blueprint to follow...

If only my future was transparent...

No Love Lost

Love wins.

Chicago or Bust!

5 months til move in!

A Note to Future Self

Dear Meredith,

It is important that you recognize your innate quickness to run. Whenever you sense things moving towards a stand still, you head off in an entirely new direction. You'll do anything to keep moving.

Your soul desires motion. Your spirit craves action. And not just any action, meaningful action. This will always serve you well as you seek to create, advocate, and lead. But you must be cautious. You grow bored far too quickly. Often, you look toward the next hill before you finish crossing the present one. You have a history of sprinting from one thing to the next. Sometimes, God calls us to stay put for a while, however. Metamorphosis takes place in the context of relationships, and relationships take time.

I know the future excites you. You want to leave this place and start a life of your own. But don’t forget the past or who you have become because of it.

Don’t run,

Meredith