Preface: I wrote this blog last summer when I was leading a Passport trip in Peru, but I still really like it and wanted to share it again.    Two years ago I wanted to be a missionary. I didn’t…

“After I see on the news that there has been another attack, I pray that it wasn’t done by another Muslim. Sometimes, I don’t even go out of my house for a day or two because of the looks I’ll…

 My time here at CGA has been full of wonderful things. I’m learning a lot, creating wonderful friendships, and growing in my relationship with God. One of the best memories of the semester, though, came yesterday. What happened is that…

As Christians, we are always asking God for “His will to be done.” That’s great! It’s biblical and Jesus prayed it. How often, though, do we not realize that we have to do the thing? Or we are the ones…

You know me. You know where I live. But do you know who I live with? Probably not. Perhaps you’ll never meet them. So I’m taking it upon myself to introduce you readers to my housemates and tell you a…

Is your church legalistic? What about spirit-filled? Charismatic? Reformed? Traditional or contemporary? Calvinist? House church or mega church? It’s at least evangelical, right? God forbid it’s Catholic!   How many labels do we need to put on churches to figure…

Do you have the confidence that God can save people, without ripping their cultural identity from them? What about Muslim followers of Jesus?    Back in Acts 15, the Israelites debated over the Gentiles of the need to become Jewish…

The longer I’m here at CGA the more I know that I want to do ministry in an area that involves social justice. I have little to no idea what that will look like. But I know that’s what moves…

This blog is mostly just going to be an update of sorts. I’ve been learning a lot in the past week so I’ll try and cover most of it without dragging on.    Welcome week officially ended on Monday. Everybody…