Tag: Rachel Skirvin

He Chose Not To

Posted by: admin in Rachel Skirvin on April 5th

Around this time last year, right before the pandemic wrecked travel plans, I took a trip to New Jersey to visit the gravesite where my mother was laid to rest when I was just a child. It was springtime there and the weather was absolutely beautiful. I got there early and spent the whole day… View Article

Easter, Jesus, Plans, Rachel Skirvin

The Beauty of the Broken Bonsai

Posted by: admin in Rachel Skirvin on October 10th

Recently, I strolled through a Japenese Garden filled with beautiful waters and ornate shrines. My favorite portion of this garden was a small space that was dedicated to tiny, yet mighty bonsai trees. Bonsai is actually not a specific tree, but rather a process. The trees are made to be small and contained. They are cultivated… View Article

Bonsai, brokenness, Pruning, Rachel Skirvin

Knowing Jesus

Posted by: admin in Rachel Skirvin on June 14th

When I was in my senior year of Bible college at Urshan, I distinctly remember sitting in my professor’s office and weeping as I gave my presentation on Christology. I had just finished a whole semester of diving deeply into who Jesus was and is, yet to try and break it down into theological… View Article

Knowing Jesus, Rachel Skirvin

Exposing the Wounds

Posted by: admin in Rachel Skirvin on June 8th

I am not a nurse. I will never be a nurse. I do, however, have minimal medical experience from various missions trips and from working with children and the elderly. I have learned quite a bit from various jobs on how to care for certain types of impairments. Not long ago, I was working with an… View Article

healing, Hiding, Rachel Skirvin, Recovery, Wounds

Who God Says I Am

Posted by: admin in Rachel Skirvin on May 29th

In my opinion, labels really should only be used for food and for pricing things at the store. Regardless of how I would like the world to work, I don’t ultimately get to make those decisions. Much to my chagrin, labels are more often than not used on people. Sometimes that can really hurt. Sometimes we… View Article

Identity, Rachel Skirvin, Who God Says I am