Sweetly Broken, Wholly Surrendered: Archive

Overcome with Christ's Love- My TCX Experience

One of my favorite times of the year happened last weekend. I spent last weekend at TCX, the Upper Midwest regional conference of Cru. Even though it was my fourth time going, I feel that I still learned things that I might not have learned had I not went. I may be a leader on my campus, but God still allowed me to learn a lot. The first full day, one speaker talked about us being Ambassadors...

Jan 11th

Advent

I’ve always liked this time of year sans snow. From the lights to the food, it gives me something to think about, even if finals are coming up, but those don’t make up what Christmas means to me. Even before I became a Believer, my family has taken part in Advent. Looking back, I see it as a good way of introducing me to the Gospel. Since I began college I’ve wanted...

Dec 1st

Nov 1st

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What am I Living For?

I love going to Cru, as a believer, it gives me a sense of community and a positive outlet of avoiding the world. But tonight at Cru hit home for me in many ways. It’s no secret that I want to get involved with ministry in some way. And tonight (10/18/12 for those wondering what tonight referred to) I had a bit of a revelation. Tonight one of the songs was “I Will Go” by...

Oct 21st

Venti Ventuccino

I think that it is a good time for me to vent. It’s been a while since I cranked out a quality blog and this is what I’m doing right meow. I’m not going to confine what I blog about and I really hope I make sense. With The Lumineers playing in my ears, let’s do this thing! First of all, I am craving tea. I never thought I would say it, but over my time in college, I...

Oct 18th

Is writers block Biblical? I really hope not...

Pardon my lack of posts, I have been busy with school and Cru that I have not sat down and just written something out. I wanted to “relaunch” this page, but school got in my way. I am not being lazy, but my attention has been placed on other things and blogging is low on that list (but y’all are still awesome, all ten of y’all haha). As I spend my last 4-5 semesters I...

Sep 22nd

Politics and me as a Believer

Politics are one of the things that really boggle me, not only on a human level, but with me as a Christ Follower. Politics can not only be confusing, but it can be downright discouraging. So I hope that this post can clear things up on how I personally view politics and how that relates to me being a Believer. I want to be completely frank about this: I personally don’t care...

Sep 2nd

Aug 8th

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North Myrtle Beach-One Year Later

I can’t believe that on Monday, it’s been a year since I left for North Myrtle Beach Summer Project. Honestly, this year seemed like a blur. I can’t believe that I left everything that was familiar, and went with three other people who I’ve never really met before. A plethora of emotions were going through my head during then, ranging from jubilation, to total...

May 20th

Taking a Step Back

It’s been a while since I posted something on Tumblr and finding time (and thinking of a suitable topic to post) has been an issue for me. Needless to say this semester has been crazy and in some ways crazy isn’t a great feeling. Taking 15 credits and trying to get into the Social Work (SW) program has burnt me out over the last ten weeks. It also made me think whether Social...

Mar 25th

TCX: What happened, and What did I learn.

This was my third time at TCX and it was awesome! I learned a lot about God’s character, as well as many ways to change my ways. This is what I learned over the last four days. I arrived at the Hilton on Wednesday and once I settled in, I immediately went finding people from Project, and I went on an adventure to Target with some of them. Getting food for this week. That night, we had...

Jan 2nd

“I will be at the TCX conference through Cru from Today (12/28/11) until New...”

Dec 28th

My Christmas Card-Blog-Thing

So I decided to do a Christmas Card in blog form. Because I don’t want to bother sending out all of the envelopes, especially if you don’t want to read this. Anyways, you can’t have a Christmas Card without a picture, so this basically summed up my year As you know, I spent this summer in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on a Cru Summer Project. Over the course of 10...

Dec 19th

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Nov 7th

So you want to go on a (Stateside) Summer...

Do you want to go on a Summer Project? Do want to impact the world for Christ? Do you need to gain experience to bring back to your campus? Well I can help point you in the right direction. As someone who went on a Stateside Summer Project, I have seen what happens on a daily basis. This is what happens on a given week on a stateside Project. On Project, you most likely need a job (it...

Oct 19th

What music am I listening to these days?

I love music. I mean, if there was no music in the world, where would we be? Here are some bands that I’m liking especially now. The Waiting Kind- I first learned about this when the band followed me on Twitter (shameless plug: I’m at keithgraham91). Out of curiosity, I checked them out on Spotify, and what I heard was so awesome. I immediately followed them back. I continue to...

Oct 16th

mission:prayer (working title)

One thing that I definitely wanted to see after leaving project was a prayer group that would earnestly pray for the world and for the campus. I think I make the first step tonight. What happened was my roommate had a prayer meeting tonight. It made me wonder that we can make a prayer group, with a few times to accommodate the busy lives of students. This is a “sketch” of what...

Oct 11th

Fall Getaway: Recap

Hey y’all, I got back from Alexandria, MN for Fall Getaway. Because I was on the Special Events/Operations team for Cru, My team planned the weekend with a staff member. It was cool seeing how this weekend played out. Our main Speaker, Bob Francis spent 30 years as a staff member with Cru nationwide, until about 4 years ago when he is now working at the headquarters in Orlando. It is...

Oct 5th

My Testimony

I have no idea why I haven’t cranked out my testimony yet, but I have free time, therefore, I am doing this. Here it is. I cannot say whether or not my parents were believers when I was born. On one hand, I was baptized when I was a baby. But on the other hand, we never went to Church unless it was either for a holiday like Christmas or when we were at my grandparents house. When I...

Sep 25th

My Importance of the Gospel

One of the things that God has been teaching me this semester is the importance of the Gospel to my life. I know how it is important to me and I have shared it this summer. However, being the person who I am, I need to make it clearer, and Lord Willing, I can make Him better known. God has revealing this to me through quiet times, friends, sermons, and at Cru. When I say about the...

Sep 22nd

Project's Over

Project’s over, it was an awesome summer filled with learning and fellowship. I would go on and on talking on what I learned in North Myrtle Beach. But for the sake of time (mine and your’s), I’ll do it in bullet form. Here we go… I never knew that sharing a car with other people would be as fun as I thought (I’m looking at you, Josh, Katie, and Geoff on the way...

Aug 14th

It's been a while, I really thought I should post...

It’s been a long, long, LONG time since I updated this, so therefore, here I am. I have been really busy on Project, especially since the staff have left us almost four weeks ago. I have had more responsibility on the prayer/world vision team, especially since the students have taken over. I have definitely felt burnt out the last couple of weeks, between work and Project life. Project...

Jul 25th

Killing Some Giants

Hey everyone! Just thought I’d post once again here. Today (6/5/11) was really warm, but the humidity made things worse. This is a rather minor downside to NMB, especially for someone who does not take warm weather well. Anyways, my first week working at Chick Fil A went alright, I may have started slow when I started Tuesday, but I am slowly getting the hang of things and working...

Jun 6th

Hey Y'all!

I haven’t posted something for a while so I thought I should do this while I have some free time. The good news is that our group got to NMB safely. I have spent the last three or so days doing orientation things and equipping seminars such as evangelism and our identity in Christ. Another good thing is that I found a job! I will be working at a Chick Fil A at a mall in Myrtle Beach. I...

May 28th

Okay, so I will be leaving for North Myrtle Beach next Monday. I’ll admit the date is moving fast! It’s going to be exciting how God will move there and how we will grow in Him. This Project will be challenging for me but I know it will be fun! I am also going to enclose my address if you want to send me letters of encouragement, care packages, or anything else. I will use this...

May 17th

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Apr 4th

“For You created my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb....”

Apr 4th