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3 essays on faith + meaning

A Time for Everything

Posted on Friday, February 24, 2023

Last updated on Saturday, August 15, 2026 at 4:27 PM

·2 min read

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain…

Naïveté

Posted on Wednesday, January 4, 2023

Last updated on Saturday, August 15, 2026 at 4:27 PM

·6 min read

During my junior year in high school, I became mired in a quest to figure out what my life purpose was and how to live out a genuine Christian life. I was disillusioned by the superficiality of church. I was disappointed in the failure of my friends, family, and peers to understand me. I was yearning for a truly unconditional love and an unwavering companionship that was so idealized in the…

Suffering

Posted on Friday, December 30, 2022

Last updated on Saturday, August 15, 2026 at 4:27 PM

·5 min read

I typically don’t care when people deny the existence of God; I question it myself even. Though there's this particular argument that irks me; atheists and Christians often wrestle over the concept of why there’s so much suffering in the world, despite the supposed existence of an altruistic higher being. The atheist is naive for thinking that the existence of suffering disproves the existence of…

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