When I was 18, I didn’t want to get a summer job. So, I spent the whole summer in the slums of India with a group of strangers. We ate together, served our neighbors together, prayed together, laughed together, and just did life together. When you don’t have air conditioning, wifi, or consistent electricity in…
Read moreThoughts with Koko 11/1/24-It Has Always Been You
It has always been you It was you who braved the monsters under your bed when you were fiveAnd you who laid awake at night while everyone else was asleepAnd it was you who conquered your fear of the dark It was you who looked at yourself in the bathroom mirror in your elementary schoolWhile…
Read moreThoughts with Koko 10/13/24-A Love that Lasts
John 13:34-35 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. 35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” In John 13, Jesus gathers with his disciples in…
Read moreThoughts with Koko 9/1/24-Shattering Glass
Raising a child with special needs is hard. Sometimes it feels really isolating. Good days are hard to find in some seasons. People don’t always understand and humans tend to shy away from what isn’t comfortable to them. It can be a hard cycle to be in. I am thankful for my higher needs son….
Read moreThoughts with Koko 8/30/24
I think there is something in our faith, in the Church, that we don’t talk about, but we need to. We don’t talk about it because it’s painful and uncomfortable, but we should. Having faith and following Jesus sometimes means your heart is going to get broken. We are promised that. (John 16:33) When you…
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