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 | 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 | Sep 7, 2018 | Real Life Stories
I am one of the few children who were barely old enough to remember 9/11. Most that were even one year younger than me were too young to remember that day. Whether that moment is seared into our memory or not, it changed all of our lives. From the five-year-old who...
by kandersen | Jul 4, 2018 | Real Life Stories
Finally, the train arrived. I stepped on board with my huge backpack on my back, my purse slung over my shoulder and lugging my carry-on suitcase all the way up the narrow metal stairs to the coach seating. When I looked around, all the pairs of seats seemed to have...
