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jessa

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Reflections on becoming

  • Legitimate needs

    They (compulsive sinful desires) don’t spring out of thin air to lead us astray. Instead, they appeal to our natural, inborn, God-given needs. The needs themselves are legitimate, but sin uses them against us by offering illegitimate, substitute ways of getting them met–ways God never intended us to use. Sin takes what is good and Read more

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  • Work that benefits others

    Isn’t it so easy to be caught up with the administrative side of work? Finish the report by noon. Submit this by 5 PM. And while you’re finding yourself reacting to deadlines instead of proactively launching ideas and testing your hypothesis (yes, I work as a researcher), you begin to wonder who will benefit your Read more

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  • Are you ready when the Internet disappears?

    This scenario is based from our monthly scenario club at the Urgent Optimists. Urgent Optimists is a community that brings “together people who want to feel authentically hopeful about the future, and who are working to create positive transformation in society and in their own lives.” I’m a member of Urgent Optimists, and I think Read more

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  • Good with words (Midjourney edition)

    I am at a loss for words. I have this picture in my head, but the words that seem fitting to describe it slip out of the tip of my tongue. The image was clear in my mind. A clean city with solar photovoltaics installed on the rooftops. I imagined it as an aerial shot, Read more

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  • Lonely people doing crazy things

    In my previous blog post, I told you how this taxi driver shared hilarious stories. I never really asked for them, but he shared them freely as if you were paying for entertainment, buckled in a front seat of a comedy bar. He talked about his driving experience–how different people expect him to do the Read more

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jessa

Reflections on becoming

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