I have never had a good stance on how I can use social media well. I've thought way too long about this topic--I've read books and blog posts, heard chapel talks, and participated in class discussions, but I always waver between loving and hating social media, from being addicted to giving it up completely. This is not a post to bash social media or convince anyone not to use it. This is just me …
NYC: Food
A good restaurant comes down to two things for me: food and atmosphere. The food has gotta be tasty and the atmosphere needs to be captivating. NYC's food is insane--the good kind of insane--so narrowing it down is hard. But here are my top restaurants in NYC that fulfilled those two qualities of a good restaurant. Abracadabra - Brooklyn Okay--I was obsessed with this place from the moment I …
A Poem Based on Psalm 32
I spoke Nothing To no one I writhed My bones rotted My limbs wasted away My body was in pain You placed You hand heavy on me Night and day The sun was drowned in black I acknowledged My sin To you In the open was my guilt You saw My sin All of my deeds And You forgave How much more will I confess if forgiveness is Your response? "Therefore, let every faithful man pray to you …
Sober-minded Suffering
Father, help me understand how to think about suffering. I know it is sinful (but often feels more righteous) to fear suffering. It shows that I know my sin and how hurtful suffering can be. Yet I also know I should not be too confident. Yes, you can meet me with great joy, but you don't always. My overconfidence comes from thinking I will always be joyful in suffering and my fear comes from …
A Blog Post About Blog Posts
Some people love blogs, some people hate them. I have thought long and hard about whether I should even record stuff here. There is a temptation for me to create an image of myself that is unrealistic and self-righteous. I guess my problem with writing on a blog and social media in general is that I control how you see me. I can evaluate a picture or a post and decide whether I want to portray …
To My Fellow White People,
"How would you feel if every time someone who shared your skin color and your history-one that is a history of oppression in this country - was killed, the reaction from the majority class was, 'well, they must have deserved it'?" This is a tweet I read recently and have been thinking about. Mainly because it addresses my own experience. When Mike Brown was killed, I started having conversations …