I recently reread "Eat, Pray, Love" for the third time after going through a wildly intense and unexpected season of pain, transition, healing and growth in my life. The process of shedding an old layer and stepping into our new skin, while beautiful, can be excruciating and uncomfortable. My desire is to step out of [...]
To say that it has been a difficult and challenging season would be quite an understatement. When some people are going through a tough time, they lay around on the couch and watch Netflix endlessly. While extremes aren't always healthy, sometimes I wish I could be on that end of the spectrum. Instead, the driven [...]
A couple weeks ago, I wrote an article (which you can read here) on the difference between being a world changer and just being opinionated. Essentially, my point is that I am an incredibly opinionated person, but I have found that no message will be heard, received, or valued if it isn't pure in motive [...]
"A cheerful heart is good medicine." Proverbs 17:22 Today, I just have to share a bit about why I love what I do. When I lift a camera up to my eyes and begin to focus in on a person, my goal is to capture authenticity. Genuine moments...laughter that tells us a story...smile that have [...]
"I don't believe we are accidents in the world, and I don't believe we were supposed to be actors either. I think we are supposed to be ourselves and we were meant as a miracle." -Donald Miller, Scary Close Miracle: a surprising and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and [...]
"It’s true our lives can pass small and unnoticed by the masses, and we are no less dignified for having lived quietly. In fact, I’ve come to believe there’s something noble about doing little with your life save offering love to a person who is offering it back." -Donald Miller, Scary Close Recently, I have [...]
While in NYC last fall, I couldn't seem to stop myself from taking a picture every single time I passed a church. They were all so uniquely beautiful...each door filled with detail...every threshold just waiting to tell stories of the lives that have come through. It happened instantly for me, this strange, impromptu church door [...]
