The Friendship Fallacy: “Following” Versus Accompaniment and Authentic Connection

“Friend” has never had more definitions than it has garnered within the last two decades. There are best friends. There are close friends. There are old friends. There are new friends. Fake friends and “frenemies.” Friends by association of other friends. There are friends from school, from Church, from our teams and clubs. Friends we…

Let God’s Light Shine Through Your Screen

As I was praying Night Prayer, one line distinctly jumped out at me: “Lord, let the light of Your face shine upon us.” It’s such a beautiful invocation but for some reason, the only imagery that my GenZ mind was able to create was this scenario: Picture this: it’s late at night, you’re lying in…

Consumed

There I was. Two hours had passed, my eyes were red and bloodshot, and all I felt was disoriented. It was like the world around me was distant and strange, almost like I had checked out of it for a moment. I felt bad and just downright tired and all I had to show for…

Do It For The Gram?

I have an intense love-hate relationship with Instagram. Recalling to when I first made my account six years ago I thought it was the coolest app! I loved taking pictures and expressing my creative side with fun pictures of everyday things. I wasn’t worried about captions, a consistent filter, or even what people would think…

She Is Worth The Risk!

There is a line in the social media talk we give that, without fail, results in some hilarious moments. It comes from the relationship section of the talk where we touch on how we must not allow social media to become our primary form of communication; especially when it comes to important conversations. Following so…

Pics Or It Didn’t Happen

Picture this: three girls, hand in hand and in mid-air just before they splash into the beautifully blue water below them…an impossibly delicious-looking waffle, topped with whipped cream and perfectly sliced strawberries, posing on a wooden table with a crisp white tablecloth, on a balcony overlooking the city at the break of dawn…a man in…