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Continue reading →: Faith & Justice Retreat 2023During mid-September 2023, I had the amazing privilege of attending the Faith and Justice Fellowship’s retreat at the stunning San Francisco Theological Seminary (SFTS) on the University of Redlands Marin Campus. This fellowship is closely connected to my current home church. I also follow the works of the keynote speaker,…
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Continue reading →: Last Day of Filoli MembershipLast year on my birthday, I bought myself a year-long membership at Filoli. It’s such a beautiful area and it has been so calming for me to visit it all the times that I did. Thus, on my 30th birthday this year, I also visited Filoli – the last day…
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Continue reading →: Letter to someone I once looked up toDear Someone I once looked up to (and/or an institution in general): I should have followed my gut feelings and not talked to you. Certain people told me that it would “be the right thing to do”, but looking back, it really was not. I knew how you would handle…
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Continue reading →: My very handsome boyfriendOn my birthday weekend, I asked Jacob if he would be willing to do a photoshoot (with him as the subject) and he said yes ! These are a handful of the photos I took ♡ (if anyone else is in the Bay Area and would like to do a…
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Continue reading →: Foraging with ForageSFEarlier this year, I got really into the Uncharted series hosted by Gordon Ramsay. He would go all over the world, learning about the cuisines of the cultures and people groups he was visiting, and then have a cook-off with a local chef. One thing that I thought was really…
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Continue reading →: Reflections – August 25, 2023… about Yahweh: God is the god who heals. If what we say or do does not help bring about the healing for ourselves and others, then it is not of God. From the very beginnings of scripture, God has always delighted in working with and working through humans. While…
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Continue reading →: CultureThis summer, I had the very strange but amazing privilege of being able to be a part of a cultural perspectives class for my counseling program and be a part of a book club that was going through a book about de-westernizing our faith. I do not think that it…
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Continue reading →: PeaceI had quite some thoughts about this verse when I read it yesterday. I don’t mean this to criticize King David, because we all share the same humanity as him, but even he had a level of escapism in the midst of circumstances. I would not call this hope because…
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Continue reading →: “Disobedience”One of the main things I have been learning about life and people this past year is that behavior is really just the tip of the iceberg. This weekend’s sermon at church talked about this, and I reread a part in scripture in the Old Testament that discusses this, too.…
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Continue reading →: Reflections, August 11th 2023I usually write about these on instagram, but as instagram is changing, I will be sharing my reflections on my WordPress for a bit. I typically split my reflections into three different categories: what I have been learning about Yahweh (the God I follow), what I have been learning about…
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“O God, help us to believe the truth about ourselves, no matter how beautiful it may be.” Macrina Wiederkehr.
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