“I had originally planned this piece to take a slightly different direction than it did- focusing on the idea of childlike faith... but then life happened. Rather than a sweet image of a child walking in full trust, eyes locked on the Father, I wanted to capture something with a different kind of depth. Something a little closer to suffering.”

“In one of the books we read in my Creation Care & Environmental Stewardship class, this quote stood out to me and became the identity behind this piece: “It is the temptation to refuse to acknowledge our dependence upon God, to look elsewhere for our source of life, and to reject our identity as human beings and the children of God.’”

‘“Release your grip. Surrender. Let my strength uphold you. Do you trust me?”

This piece is entitled “And the Lord Remembered Her” based on Hannah’s story of lament and healing in 1 Samuel, but now that I am writing I realize it was the Lord that called me to remember Him.”

“For the heart longing for life. For fullness of life. For abundance of life. And for joy.”

“I needed to realize that just because I couldn’t make sense of my pain it didn’t mean [God] couldn’t hear me.”