by kandersen | Aug 25, 2020 | Christian Living
I walked into a church building for the first time in months. It was so strange to think about how much Covid-19 had changed. My friend was on the hospitality team, which meant she opened the door so that people didn’t have to touch the handle and she greeted them...
by kandersen | Jun 24, 2020 | Christian Living
Lately, I’ve needed a little extra laughter in my life. But with such serious stuff happening in our world, sometimes it feels like I need permission to know it’s okay to laugh and still take life seriously at the same time. Christians have a tendency to...
by kandersen | Apr 30, 2020 | Real Life Stories
Press play for an audio transcript of this blog post. Hello friends. This blog post is going to have a bit of a different tone than my posts normally do. I usually try to post very professional, more formal, long-form publishable articles that I sometimes work...
by kandersen | Feb 29, 2020 | Christian Living, Real Life Stories
I looked directly into his eyes and immediately looked away. He was homeless. I was scared. I grew up safe and sheltered in the suburbs of Chicago. All of the evils of the world were only abstract concepts to me because I had little personal experience with those that...
by kandersen | Feb 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
By the point that you are reading this, ringing in the New Year is just a memory. You have since gotten back to the daily grind and sunk back into the mundaneness of everyday life. It’s been a whole month since then! Any new year’s resolutions you have set have likely...
by kandersen | Nov 28, 2019 | Christian Living, Real Life Stories
What if Thanksgiving was never meant to be what we’ve made it into? Are you the person who dreads the Thanksgiving meal because of the conflict or drama or judgement that happens every time your family is together? Are you the student who’s been gone at college...
by kandersen | Oct 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
I live down the street from a yellow building that is barred up with a chain along the gate. It looks like it used to be an apartment building, but now it looms between two modern buildings looking like it hasn’t been lived in for years. The yellow paint on the...
by kandersen | Sep 22, 2019 | Christian Living
Hello, dear reader! Today I want to introduce you to my friend, Hannah. Hannah is a fashion blogger and a radio personality on Moody Radio’s morning show, Karl & Crew (you might know her as Sputnik). She recently shared a post online about how life after...
by kandersen | Aug 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
Graduation day was one of the saddest days of my life. For such a celebratory event, I shed a lot of tears. I still remember the moment after the ceremony ended. I had a diploma in my hands and a tassel flittering against my face, but tears were rolling down my...
by kandersen | May 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
Dear Graduating Senior, Right now, you’re stressed. Stressed out of your mind. You have papers and exams due. You have group projects with a bunch of other seniors who don’t care either. You barely have time to catch up with your friends. And those are the...
