by krista | Jun 16, 2014 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
I love donuts. Chocolate glazed with chocolate icing is my favorite. Mmmm. I like sugar-covered cream-filled donuts, too. But if I were to eat only donuts every day…not only would I have to fill my closet with stretchy pants, but I’d also be miserable! I need...
by krista | Jun 14, 2014 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
This week, on Monday, my baby sister had a beautiful baby boy: Clark Henry Scott. I have spent the last few days showing everyone around me his cute little picture and desperately waiting for my week of reading AP essays to end so I can drive over and hold this...
by krista | Jun 12, 2014 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
Go to any bookstore – online or in person – and you will find rows and rows…and rows and rows… of shelves housing books devoted to “self-esteem.” Most seem to focus on loving yourself, forgiving yourself, being good to yourself. Because we just don’t think enough of...
by krista | Jun 9, 2014 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
Predictability has gotten a bad rap, lately. I read a lot of book and movie reviews and the most consistent negative comment is “It’s so predictable.” And reviewers get so angry about that. A predictable movie makes people crazy. A predictable book?...
by krista | Jun 6, 2014 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
I recently finished my second reading of John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars. I can’t say that I enjoyed the book. Those of you who have read it understand. It isn’t enjoyable. But it is good. Ultimately, though, for me, the author’s hamartia is far more fatal than...
by krista | Jun 4, 2014 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
Our lives are a story. And just like any good story, we have conflicts, obstacles, dynamic characters, plot twists, themes, protagonists and antagonists, even foreshadowing. And like the great stories, we have no idea how our stories are going to end. But I like...
