I started writing at Scattered Journal Pages in early 2015, so this is the unfiltered, uncut journey of my writing over these past few years. I began writing about the Christian life in a general sense, finding my voice and learning how to tell my story, but have now narrowed my focus to emphasize grace and hope found in Christ, vulnerability about pain, and dependence on God.
While the earlier posts are more in the style of casual articles, and even instructional in some cases, the most recent ones take the form of essays more often than not. As I have grown in my faith and my writing, this blog has along with me, so I thank you for sticking around and supporting me all this time!
This list of blog posts is in reverse chronological order — meaning that the top posts will be the most recent.
- If only we could see what He sees.
- When a year has passed and it’s still dark outside.
- And on the eighth day, God settled: the sacrifice of unconditional love.
- If you’re struggling to hold onto hope, this one’s for you.
- A God of Good Gifts: read this when you’re missing the way things used to be.
- The Gospel of lifeboats.
- It’s time to stop pre-grieving.
- Hallelujah in the dark.
- To love is to be vulnerable: how one simple concept is changing my life.
- seeing Your goodness in the land of the living.
- There’s Joy in Both: finding hope in brokenness.
- West-Coast Grace: resting in His presence.
- Unfiltered: because the world needs more vulnerability.
- Disappointed: for when life hurts, and you’re wondering how God fits in.
- Cry, Pray, Trust: for when you’re stuck in a season of waiting and need a reminder of God’s faithfulness.
- On Why We Need to Stop Idolizing Relationships, Marriage, & Everything Else.
- Real Life: grace, twinkle lights, depression, & me.
- where i’ve been, what i’ve learned, and the God who’s been constant through it all. // + my photography!
- When God Chooses to Work in the Ordinary & Call Us to Where We Already Are
- On Coming out of Depression & Experiencing the Faithfulness of God
- What No One is Saying About the Joy of Loving Jesus
- What Millennials Need in the Church More Than Anything (& why we need to stop conning them into attendance)
- When God Doesn’t Fix It: learning to hold onto faith in the midst of the mess
- On Why I Worship, Who I Live For, and the Savior Who Rescued My Soul
- What We’re Getting Wrong About Holiness
- Jesus at the Center of Everything // on how the pursuit of Jesus is so much more fulfilling than we could ever imagine
- Finding Passion, Purpose, and Life in a World of Wasted Time & Empty Dreams
- Enough: my battle with the hustle, the stress, and the busy, and how I found rest
- Finding Contentment in the Struggle {Guest Post at the Unbound Blog}
- Beautiful and Bright {Guest Post at Moriah Mari}
- Easter Weekend: on how art echoes purpose & hope in a desperate world
- Embracing Seventeen
- my story isn’t over yet.
- It’s Time For Me to Be Real Here
- How the Done List Saved My Sanity & Refreshed My Faith
- Trusting God Through the Journey (+ giveaway winners!)
- You Are So Much More Than Just a Title
- Happy Anniversary, Scattered Journal Pages + a Giveaway
- Celebrating Life (with LIVE RECORDED SONG + annual survey)
- Returning Again to The Everlasting Promises
- Of Love and Grace
- Telling My Story: On Inadequacy, Shame, and Overwhelming Grace
- Grasping Onto Hope
- When Life Just Feels…Meaningless.
- When God Works Through Our Nos (& believing better yeses will come)
- Seeing Resolutions in a New Light
- Christmas is Here (& a little break too)
- Where to Find Hope in Pain
- When God Feels So Far Away
- Hope For When God’s Promises Seem to Be Hidden by Pain
- How I Find Adequacy in the Face of Failure
- Why I’m No Longer Trying to Figure Out What to Do With My Life
- Living Every Little Moment: Experiencing A Full Life Right Here and Now
- My Ink-Stained, Remembrance-Filled Practice
- That Joy Greater Than Thanksgiving Itself
- Why I Hate Four O’Clock and Fridays
- The Roots of Life Purpose (And Why We Might Be Running Too Hard With This Mystical Idea)
- Why We Need to Quit Trying to Save the World
- Book Release: Crannig Castle Review
- Purposeful Pages Link-Up: November Edition
- How to Satisfy the Human Desire for Love, Joy, and Fulfillment
- How Vulnerability Can Bring Us Beyond Ourselves
- On Planning and When Things Turn Out Radically Different Than We Imagined
- Book Review: Lady Dragon, Tela Du
- So, You Want to Make a Difference
- Why Do You Do What You Do?
- When We Can’t Explain the World’s Pain
- When Your Soul is Longing to Be Enough
- How to Pursue Purpose-Filled, Intentional Living
- Purposeful Pages Link-Up: October Edition
- Today-Living (Or, What to Do When You Have No Idea What to Do With Your Life)
- Cover Reveal for Crannig Castle
- Realistically Living the Graceful Life (And So Much For That Hiatus)
- What The Christian Life is Really About (Hebrews Bible Study: Week 13)
- For When You Need Grace to Replace The Guilt
- The Key To The Christian Life (Hebrews Bible Study: Week 12)
- Purposeful Pages Link-Up: September Edition
- August Monthly Recap
- Why I Journal
- What Will You Do With Jesus? (Hebrews Bible Study: Week 11)
- How To Be Discerning in the Books We Read
- Jesus Has Made You Enough (Hebrews Bible Study: Week 10)
- Four Myths You Might Be Believing About Pastor’s Kids (And The Truth!)
- It is Forgiven. (Hebrews Bible Study: Week 9)
- Purposeful Pages Link-Up: August Edition
- Cover Reveal for Lady Dragon, Tela Du by Kendra E. Ardnek – Interview, Snippet, and Inspiration!
- Where Do You Find Your Identity? (Hebrews Bible Study: Week 8)
- July Monthly Recap
- Why Jesus Is Truly Enough (Hebrews Bible Study: Week 7)
- Why I Never Made a Future Spouse Checklist (And Things to Consider Before Making Yours)
- Our Only True Hope (Hebrews Bible Study: Week 6)
- When We Feel Unworthy of Being Loved
- We Are Redeemed! (Hebrews Bible Study: Week 5)
- It’s Okay To Not Be Okay.
- June Monthly Recap
- Purposeful Pages Link-Up Launch!
- Why Grace Brings Us To True Rest (Hebrews Bible Study: Week 4)
- Find Joy in the Journey
- How Simple Belief Rescues Our Souls (Hebrews Bible Study: Week 3)
- How to Effectively Deal With Burnout
- Who is Jesus to You? (Hebrews Bible Study: Week 2)
- Crushes + True Love: Twenty-Seven Things I Wish I Knew When I Was Twelve
- Welcome to The Hebrews Bible Study!
- On Living With Purpose (+ really exciting announcement)
- The Hidden Problem With The “Love Your Body” Message
- May Monthly Recap
- For When We Just Don’t Feel Like It
- Christians, Other People Are Not the Real Enemy.
- Blog Tour: Book Review For Espionage
- Blog Tour: Samara’s Peril Review and Interview
- Girl Defined Book Release!
- Real Trust in The Lord
- Blog Tour: Brothers-in-Arms
- Think Before “Being Yourself.”
- How to Help a Hurting Friend
- When Fiction Seems Cooler Than Jesus
- Dear Reader: You Are Beautiful
- There Is Always Grace
- You Are Not a Failure. I Promise.
- More Of My Book: Mending (+ free wallpaper!)
- “Why Do You Seek The Living Among The Dead?”
- More of My Book! (Theme: Overcoming Anxiety)
- 3 Things We Should Expect God to Do
- Sneak Peek of My Book!
- Dear Christian Teens: You Were Made for More (+ EXCITING NEWS!)
- Joy in Anything
- Cover Reveal: Espionage by Morgan Elizabeth Huneke
- Easter, Repentance, and a Change of Focus
- Why I Don’t Talk Much About Repentance
- The Bible Is Not A Burden: 3 Truths About God’s Word
- A Fresh Look At Positivity
- My Top 6 Favorite Blog Posts [and why I love them]
- Brothers-in-Arms Cover Reveal!
- Independence: The Good and the Bad
- 4 Truths About Doubts and Questions (and why they’re not as bad as you think)
- Dear Reader: You Are Loved No Matter What
- Dear Reader: You Are Not Your Past
- Book Review: The Insatiable Quest for Beauty
- Why Rules Can’t Change Hearts
- 4 Things I Learned During My First Year Blogging
- It’s My Blogiversary!
- Dealing With Stress: It’s Not As Hard As You Think
- When Happiness Isn’t Enough
- What Do You Worship?
- You Have A Purpose
- There is A Plan For You.
- Where Does Your Strength Come From?
- Christianity: Hypocrisy vs. Authenticity (+ news!)
- Don’t Regret Where You Are.
- There is Always Hope + Giveaway!
- “Is That a Sin?” How to Live in Freedom
- How to Read the Bible {effectively spending time with our Heavenly Father}
- Why Should I Read the Bible?
- 5 Lessons I Learned in 2015
- The Difference Between Santa and Jesus
- Are We Happy Yet?
- Christmas is Love.
- Peace on Earth.
- A Spark of Hope
- It’s Okay To Rest.
- It’s Okay Not To Be A Writer.
- Black Friday Book Sale!
- Finding Security in a Messy World
- Thankfulness For a Change, Anyone?
- How Simple is The Gospel?
- Dear Christian Teens: How to Stick With Your Faith
- Are You Numb to Jesus?
- Joy in the Mundane
- A Poem and Commentary on Slavery and Freedom.
- The Problem With The “Christian” Label
- Selfishness, The Holy Spirit, and I’m Not Perfect.
- Searching For Significance? I Found It.
- The Crossways BLOG TOUR – Author Interview + Giveaway!
- The Crossways BLOG TOUR – Book Review + Giveaway!
- Do I Really Trust? Let’s Find Out…
- Why Joy Satisfies Me (More Than Anything Else)
- Confusion in Doctrine: I Can Handle That.
- Truth From The Psalms
- Simply The Cross
- Approaching Gender Biblically – Conclusion
- Gender Roles in Marriage
- Feminism is Destroying the Distinction Between Genders.
- The Crossways by Morgan Elizabeth Huneke: COVER REVEAL + FREE BOOK!
- I’m Just Contemplating The World, Among Other Things.
- I’ve Been Lied To.
- Dear Christian Teens: On Why We Love Church Camp
- Dear Christian Teens: On Relationships
- Religion vs. Christianity
- Water Princess, Fire Prince BLOG TOUR – Interview With Clara!
- Even When It’s Hard
- Water Princess, Fire Prince Blog Tour – BOOK REVIEW!
- God Fell In Love With Us? Oh. Right.
- Book Thursdays: The Experiment by Morgan Elizabeth Huneke REVIEW!
- An Open Letter To You!
- Truths To Help You Handle Change
- That Scary Thing Called Waiting
- How Does Romance Fit In?
- Fighting Selfishness
- Four Life Lessons from SoulFest 2015
- Knowledge and Belief: From The Head To The Heart
- Bits of Advice to Turn Over Your Worry Into Trust
- I’m A Christian, And Also An Introvert
- It’s A [Crazy] Wonderful Life
- Living To Be Freshly Pressed (Or Not)
- So, You Thought It Would Be Easy?
- Book Thursdays: Half-Blood by Jaye L. Knight Review + Author Interview!
- Rebel is Not a Synonym For Teenager.
- A Letter to the Younger Me
- The Loneliness Cure
- Free: A Poem
- Dear Future Husband…
- Lessons From 1 Timothy
- Worthy of Praise
- Lead Me When I’m Blind
- Book Thursdays: Water Princess, Fire Prince Cover Reveal + Author Interview!
- Book Thursdays: Cover Reveal Coming Up!
- Guest Post – What Can I Do? – By Rachel Joy
- Praise God!
- Majesty Meets Mercy (Part 2)
- Majesty Meets Mercy (Part 1)
- Speaking Love
- Someone Understands!
- Book Thursdays: BLOG TOUR – A Dream Not Imagined Review
- I’m Fighting
- When I Am Weak…
- Book Thursdays: Half-Blood by Jaye L. Knight COVER REVEAL!
- Coming Up: Book Thursdays Cover Reveal!
- Freedom in Christ!
- The Liebster Award!
- It’s Not About Me.
- Poetry: Amazing Grace
- Book Thursdays: How I Discovered Ilyon
- The Future: Control, Loosened Feet, and Letting Go
- Covered by the Cross
- True Peace
- Truly Satisfied
- NEW! Book Thursdays: The King’s Scrolls by Jaye L. Knight
- Why Do I Always Fall For The World’s Lies?
- What is The World’s Biggest Problem?
- Stress is Real, But There’s a Solution.
- How Much of the World is Too Much?
- The Resurrection: Part 4
- The Resurrection: Part 3
- The Resurrection: Part 2
- The Resurrection: Part 1
- A Poem: The Song of Mankind (As Told By Eve)
- Life as a Teen in This Crazy World
- Who Am I, Really?
- How Long Will I Trust God?
- Where Is God?
- What Does The Cross Mean To Me?
- What is True Love?
- A Journal Entry: Who I Am, Who God Is
- Considering Leviticus
- A Journal Entry: Will I Ever Be Good Enough?
- Welcome To My Blog!
- Should We Really Choose Happiness?
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