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Why My Unanswered Prayers
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When You Tell God You
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Today's Post

You Are a Force Unseen

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If I were to peel back the layers of my heart, I’m convinced I would see an etching along my aorta that says: here lives Aliza Latta, the girl who longs to be chosen. I feel like Meredith Grey talking to Derek Shepherd in season two of Grey's Anatomy. “Pick me. Choose me. Love me.” I tried out for the musical Les Misérables in high school. To say Les Mis is my favorite musical in the entire world would be an understatement. I have the three-hour musical memorized and saw the movie in theatres seven times within the first two weeks. This summer in England I saw it onstage twice. I’m very ...

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The Dignity of Work

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I traveled to Haiti in the summer of 2011 with my family to begin directing a non-profit in the growing town of Pignon. During a bumpy truck ride from the Port-Au-Prince airport to the northern mountains, our Haitian director Peter shared with me his vision to provide jobs for women who were part of his church. He had a burden for these families that consistently came to him for money and food. Peter wanted a longer-term solution than simply giving handouts to his congregants. This is the ...

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Hope for When the Waters
Rise Over Your Head

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My knees hit the cold, hard ground and within seconds I’m on my back, staring at the popcorn accents on our bathroom ceiling through streams of salty tears. Amid my crying, a shrill voice whispers words of sorrow and despair into my already weak mind. This is the beginning of the end of life as you know it, the voice says. Accept it. You’re a degenerate. No, no, no. I cannot accept it. I will not accept it. “What is happening to me?!” I scream loud enough the neighbors can probably hear ...

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A Body of Many Parts: On Diversity and Unity

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When God scattered men like seeds riding the wind, with mixed tongues and confused speech, He always meant for the corners of the world to inhabit praise. He always meant for His name to go far and wide. I imagine the tower of Babel, the hands of men making their way to the heavens by sheer will and determination and no small measure of pride. The arrogance to stay huddled and similar when all along God commands us to reach further than we’re comfortable. Genesis 11:1 says, “Now the whole ...

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