Authentic Faith

In all of the sermons that I’ve heard about rest, I’ve learned that people are quick to dismiss the importance of work, only focusing on the idea of Sabbath and taking time to rest. After acknowledging that our culture in America is centered around how many hours you work a week and how far you can push yourself without collapsing, they propose the countercultural idea of Jesus and how He commands us to find rest in Him. While this is great, and I wholeheartedly agree that we

Welcome back to the beginning of a brand-new series, one that has been heavy on my heart since the end of the semester. I feel as if I start every series the same way, but truly, this blog is full of topics that have come from my own experiences, passions, and curiosities as I navigate life as a Christian in this generation. While my notes app is full of studies, topics, and ideas to write about, I instead find that a series will simply come to me as I walk through life, lear

Well, it’s officially winter break, and I am proud to say that I have made it through my third semester of college. Those of you that have been following the blog since the beginning (shoutout to my day ones!) know that this project began during my sophomore year of high school, so being able to say that I have remained consistent with this hobby into my sophomore year of college is such a gratifying feat to have achieved. I love getting to reflect on my past work, especially

Already, we have reached the end of my series “Destroying the Body of Christ”. This has been a reflective topic that has really forced me to raise my awareness of what is happening in the modern American church. I always knew that there were these existing problems in the church community that were doing more harm than good, but this has caused me to face it head-on, and even take a look at where I fit into this. We all know that it is easy to find faults in others, especiall

Community in the Early Church When I hear the phrase “the body of Christ”, a few images immediately pop up in my head, including the idea of community. I think of small groups meeting in someone’s house to walk through life together, friends chatting for hours after Sunday’s service, and getting to meet new people during large church events. This is one of the pillars of the modern Christian church, and is what makes non-believers want to get invested. The reason that this

Ever since I began brainstorming ideas for this series, I became more and more aware of what was happening around me, noticing the way my peers acted and interacted with each other. Dots connected as I saw patterns appear, especially in my school’s culture. I am an avid people watcher, and so I always end up observing people in the midst of their own habits. And, as you can probably guess, this means that I end up learning a lot about my university’s culture concerning relati

In the past year or so, I have come to the strange realization that I am in the most self-centered season of my life. I know it sounds strange, but bear with me. I am currently a college student, which means that the purpose of these four years of my life is to prepare for my future career. Between taking classes, networking, and planning my career path, I am in a space in which everything I do is supposed to be focused on my own life. This starkly contrasts ideas of marriage

As I was developing my ideas for this series, I began compiling a mental list of all the different ways that I have seen the body of...

Welcome to the start of a brand new series, and one that I have been so excited to start. Lately, the approach I have been taking to the...

I have been excited to write about this ever since the summer began, and this is truthfully because I have been in such awe of what the...

As crazy as it seems, this series is already coming to an end. I have loved diving into what the kingdom of Christ looks like compared to...

Part of living in a broken world while representing a backwards kingdom means that we are called to more than just not living like the...

Out of the many things that I have noticed about my generation, one that sticks out is the fact that we live around a hustle-obsessed...

One thing that I have struggled with my entire life is defining what it is that gives me worth. Ever since I was little, I was known as a...

Looking back at the last three years of my life, ever since I started my blog back in May of 2022, I honestly was shocked to see that I...

As you guys probably know, doing my authentic life updates is probably my favorite thing that I get to do on the blog. While I have loved...

The interesting thing about the demographic of people that engage with Authentic Faith  is that you are all in very different areas of...

Growing up in the church, I had heard the word “purity” countless times, yet I feel like it was a topic that was tiptoed around. I didn’t...

Growing up, I heard plenty about the role of a wife in a Godly marriage. Between growing up in church and being surrounded by many women...

It’s always funny how topics that I had planned on writing about end up popping into my life without me expecting it, and this is no...