spirituality | Alyssa Farrell

God's Steadiness (in my Mountain and Valley Emotions)

Imagine the zigzagging line on a heart rate monitor, zipping up and down like lighting. This jagged course looks like a rugged...

Tattoos & Imperfections: Learning Authentic Self-expression

Tattoos. Most people tell me it would be hard to find something to physically express on their bodies the rest of their lives. They are...

Without

I’ve thought about You. Thought about what life would be like without You. Could I close my eyes and imagine? Or could I hold my breath...

Spiritually Blue

“Will the Lord spurn forever, and never again be favorable? Has his steadfast love forever ceased? Are his promises at an end for all...

Enemy of Love

"[L]et us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth” (1 John 3:18). When it comes to being straightforward about showing love,...

Jesus at the Piano

Sometimes, I can’t fall asleep at night. When I pray for rest, but all my body feels is tight from the strain of not meeting exhausting...

On the Verge of Heaven

There is a part of me that is incomplete. I can feel it within me. Somehow I keep coming back to it through self-evaluation. That inner...