Back at It: Relaunch of An Iris Awaits!

Welcome to 2020! Over the past six months or so, I took a bit of an unplanned sabbatical from writing for An Iris Awaits. Balancing work, grad school, and a new relationship among other things meant this side project of mine needed to move to the side for a while. But I’m excited to say that I’m back at it and to reveal a few new things you’ll find here with this relaunch of the blog!

First off, if you’ve been around here for a while, you’ll remember my posts generally fall in the categories of Church, Culture, or Catch-all (for more about those, check out the About page). Well now there’s one more category—Cross-cultural! For those that don’t know, one element of the new relationship I mentioned above is that it is both cross-cultural and international. And as my fiancée and I are preparing to become one, and I am preparing to move overseas for a time after we’re married, God is teaching (and will teach) me so much about Himself, His Church, and His world. So in this new section on the blog, I’m hoping to be able to share some of those things with you all.

Another new thing is aesthetic. I’m excited that An Iris Awaits now displays a beautiful original piece of artwork by Nathan Bennet Adams in the blog header. Nate is a friend of mine from college, and it’s been a joy to see his artistic talents develop. It’s my hope that in the future you can hear more from him about his work and passion for art in a Conversations post here on the blog, but in the meantime please go check him out on Instagram @nathan.b.adams!

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If this is your first time visiting or if you’ve been a faithful reader all along, thank you for sharing in this journey with me! I look forward to seeing where the Lord takes us next. Stay tuned for a brand new post on Monday!

Happy New Year!