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I Love You More Than I Hate Living With You: An Ode to Community
"All I need is ten minutes to finish packing. Or maybe five minutes until I have a total meltdown, if people don't stop throwing their luggage on my bed. Please stop.""I don't know where you want me to...
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Sometimes, Self-Sabotage is a Good Idea
"You liberate me from my own noise and my own chaos, from the chains of a lesser love."- Audrey Assad, You Speak113 days left.I am not the same person I was when I came on the Race last September, you...
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I'm Tired of Comparing Myself to Your Fake Instagram Feed
You know you have a comparison problem when you're sitting in Georgetown, Malaysia, feeling boring because of a plant. Most of you have read my pre-Race blog from last year when, after a brutal heart...
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I've Got 99 Problems and a Mouse is One
It's 11:30 pm at night, and we have a mice infestation.(photos: Aubrey Fite)By this point on the Race, very little phases me on an individual basis. I sat ripping apart garlic naan at a local Indian...
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"If This is God's Will, Shouldn't I Feel Peace?"
I've never had a baby, and quite frankly, don't plan to for many, many years.If I had to sum up what my spiritual life has felt like over the past seven days, though, I'd be tempted to say it felt like...
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The Bad Day: I Have Confidence (Except When I Have None)
April 25 has not been a great day.I know plenty of people who very firmly believe that days, by themselves, are not inherently bad. These people believe that the day is what you make of it. And if you...
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Plans After the Race: There's Always Room for One More
Disclaimer: You may quickly reach a point while reading this blog where you think to youself, "Ahh, I know where this blog is going." However, God often writes the script of my life a lot like an M....
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She is More Than a Prostitute
Her name is Butterfly.It's somewhere around 9:30pm on a Saturday when I first meet her.The warm, tropical air pulls strands of hair from my bobby-pinned updo as the red light district in Chiang Mai,...
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Please Don't Call Me Brave Anymore
"I was a heavy heart to carry, but he never let me down; when he held me in his arms, my feet never touched the ground."- Florence + the Machine, Heavy in Your ArmsThe day after the night when boats...
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What Publishing a Book (And Failing) Taught Me About Vision
The mural above the stairs leading to my bedroom punches me in the metaphorical gut every time I climb the steps. Thailand has been a month of intense outreach, assertiveness, lengthy days, and radical...
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I Do Not Exist to Impress You
"Believe in your flyness, conquer your shyness."- Kanye WestMost of you know that my mom came to visit me here in Thailand at the beginning of this month. For those who didn't know, that's a real...
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Suicidal Thoughts? Nah, Satan, We've Fought This Round Before. (And You Lose.)
I grew up reading Nancy Drew detective mysteries. For a long time, I actually thought I wanted to be a forensic scientist or maybe a criminal psychologist. Obviously, my life took a slightly different...
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Hey Christians, I've Got a Bone to Pick With Your Facebook Rants
Lorde's hit song, Tennis Court, contains a lyric that captivates me."It's a new art form, showing people how little we care."Part of me wonders if she wrote that after scrolling through her Facebook...
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Gangsters Don't Cry, Therefore I'm Mister Misty-Eyed
"When you're lost in the universe, don't lose faith. My mother says, 'Your whole life's in the hand of God; nothing has changed, He is the same'."- Hand of God (Outro), Jon Bellion.Today, if you don't...
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In Response to I Am Not Kayla Zilch
Want to hear a funny joke? Comparison.(There's no punchline.)I closed my iPad several days ago and leaned forward onto the wiggly cafe table I called my afternoon workspace, steepling my fingers in...
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Dear Everybody, Here's What an Introvert Racer Wants You to Know About Re-Entry.
I love lists. (If you know me, this probably goes without saying.)And right around this time on the Race, squad-mates are realising that this whirlwind of a journey is very rapidly coming to an...
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Loved Ones, Here's Why I Haven't Been Blogging or Texting You Back
Some of the best dinner party stories my family has of me revolve around me baking something and completely forgetting an important ingredient. One time, it was a cake, and I forgot flour. Another...
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The World Race Is Not God's Best for Me
My heart hurts today. Or maybe it's my stomach.Acknowledging fresh emotional pain, a noticeable lack of fruit in my diet, and managing the mystical, magical act of "re-entry" - the process of...
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The F-Word: A Brutally Honest Letter About Fundraising
A few months ago, I felt a sense of relief in knowing that following the end of the World Race, I'd be free from fundraising forever.HALLELUJAH JESUS. The days of t-shirts, letters and garage sales are...
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If You're Struggling with Body Shaming, Read This.
Disclaimer: This is not a traditional World Race blog. It doesn't give the details of my latest adventure white-water rafting or talk about a meaningful day of ministry. This is something God gave me...
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Love at the End: My Last World Race Blog
"Out of the goodnight, I was born into your arms.Like you're my country, like you're the hills where I belong,Like you're the hills where I found love at the end of the world."- John Mark McMillian,...
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The One About Re-Entry
"Leave me alone!Don't leave me alone!"- Twenty One Pilots, Kitchen SinkIt's been two weeks since I got off a plane at LAX and walked across the arrival tunnel of the Los Angeles airport.A handful of...
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Stop Asking God for Help, and Handle It.
"'The Lord will fight for you, you need only to be still.'Then the Lord said to Moses, 'Why are you crying out to me? Tell the people of Israel to move forward!'"Exodus 14:14-15.The title of this blog...
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Please Stop Performing for Me on Social Media
“Social media is just the market’s answer to a generation that demanded to perform. So the market said, ‘Here, perform everything to each other, all the time, for no reason.’ It’s horrific. It’s...
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3 Unsolicited Encouragements for Anyone Experiencing a Quarter-Life Crisis.
Has anyone else aged 21-29 ever woken up at 3:30 am on the cusp of a major life change and decided that the pitch black of night was the most perfect time to call into question the meaning and purpose...
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I Need to Tell You the Truth About the Fellowship
I need to tell you the truth.And the truth is this: my first day of the Fellowship starts tomorrow, and I am terrified.The truth finally began to unravel me like a knit sweater Thursday afternoon when...
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Guys, I Have NEWS.
Oh, and a quick Georgia Q&A!Lists! Lists! Lists!This one doesn't really need any kind of header, so we're just gonna jump right in.3, 2, 1... Are you in Georgia yet?Yes, I’ve been here since last...
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Punching Resistance in the Face
The process of getting to Georgia was hard; so hard, in fact, that you might know that I almost didn’t come.Yet, it’s like I told a friend: every mile that I drove closer to the Georgia border, I felt...
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It's Finally Here: The NEW Website!
I went to sleep last night the way I remember going to sleep on Christmas Eve: fidgety, fingers tapping, buzzing with anticipation, and brimming with possibility of what the next morning promised to...
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How the World Race Changed My Life
1. It tested my obedience.For some people, the process of pursuing the Race was a gift. They were born to do this, man. Agreeing to follow God’s prompting and pursue 11 months evangelizing abroad was...
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