Tag: Rachel Skirvin
He Chose Not To
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
The Beauty of the Broken Bonsai
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
Knowing Jesus
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
Exposing the Wounds
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
Who God Says I Am
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