How to Survive Death
The last two weeks have been rough. Rough like I didn’t want to get out of bed, and no brownie or walk with Effie could fix my mood. I was blasting Beyoncé and contemplating buying a beanie baby. But I just dyed my hair pink instead. I didn’t want to go to the Sunday meetings, […]
Are we waiting around for a big house in heaven?
When you spend a lot of time on music blogs and hang out with snobby music fans, you frequently broach the same controversial topic: What’s the worst song of all time? Nickelback’s catalog is always a safe choice. So is Creed’s, seeing as they’re just Nickelback but 10 years older and less self-aware. Some staunch […]
20 Quotes from God’s Need and God’s Goal
This last winter break (2016-2017) CSOC read a book called God’s Need and God’s Goal. It is a short but powerful presentation of what God is doing in this universe and how He is doing it in our lives. For an overview of the main thought of the book read here. For a longer review […]
Aliens and Strangers on Earth
We Are Aliens When I was born, I was a chubby toe-head of a baby. To be frank I was undeniably adorable. I’m surprised no one sold me to Disney. My parents were frequent watchers of the Sci-Fi network, and one day they were watching a show where the main characters discovered extraterrestrials. There were […]
It matters to Him
As the semester is winding down, I’ve realized that I’ve become this ferocious whirlwind of activity, and not in a particularly productive way. There’s just so much to do. Finish that Spanish assignment. Pay my roommate for the water bill. Get to work on time. Go take my Health test. Wait, did I remember to […]
Living in the tension of the times
I woke up last Wednesday with a headache that refuses to leave. Chalk it up to post-election trauma—and not just because of who won. Come the night of Nov. 8, it didn’t really matter who emerged victorious; the scandals, the sensationalism and the flurry of insults from all parties turned my stomach into a cauldron […]
A Normal Christian Life
Being a Christian means having Christ’s life in us. While this fact in itself is marvelous, it is also mysterious. We receive this life when we believe in our hearts and confess with our mouths that Jesus is Lord, but this life is not yet complete. In fact, we go through a process of transformation […]
And Peter—Lessons on Failing
God is like Wi-Fi. He is everywhere and easily accessible. And He has hotspots guess where? In us. In our spirits!! And the password is calling on His name! And His connection will never go out. The connection does not even go out when we lie to our friends or eat way too many brownies […]
God in the Shark Tank
You plunge headfirst into a tank of ice-cold water. Disoriented, you flail underwater until you finally manage to upright yourself and open your eyes. The first thing you see is a great white shark racing toward you, fins angled back, razor-sharp teeth glimmering. We’ve all seen enough movies to know what happens next in this […]
Where do we find our identity?
I often hear stories of people finding their “identity.” On a college campus like UT Austin, it seems like there are endless possibilities when it comes to finding something to identify myself with. I probably put too much pressure on myself to try to fit the mold of what I think I am supposed to […]