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Allison Myers

An invitation

I’ve encountered numerous times over the years folks saying they “hate this world” in an effort to describe their sole, undivided devotion…

Jun 19, 2019

An invitation

Jun 19, 2019

Allison Myers

Who They are Right Now

Several nights a week, I work from a coffee shop that is almost always inhabited by clusters of teenagers from a nearby high school. I…

Apr 15, 2019

Who They are Right Now

Apr 15, 2019

Allison Myers

Finding Gold

For the last four or five years I’ve written a “year in review” type post, but I decided it would be nice, this time, to do some reflecting…

Jan 13, 2019

Finding Gold

Jan 13, 2019

Allison Myers

Gloriously Different

There is a story attributed to Michelangelo, in which he talks about one of his most famous masterpieces: the sculpture of David. When…

Jul 27, 2018

Gloriously Different

Jul 27, 2018

Allison Myers

Beautiful and Terrible Things

On Saturday, author John Blase tweeted: “A school shooting one day. A royal wedding the next. I keep thinking about Buechner’s words: ‘Here…

May 23, 2018

Beautiful and Terrible Things

May 23, 2018

Allison Myers

Thin Places

I began 2017 at the top of a hill in El Paso, overlooking the lights of Juarez, Mexico and I contemplated the thing in us that makes us…

Dec 30, 2017

Thin Places

Dec 30, 2017

Allison Myers

How the Gospel Might Shine

I remember very vividly the moment in which I no longer saw God as a white American.

Jul 18, 2017

How the Gospel Might Shine

Jul 18, 2017

Allison Myers

Relationship Goals, Hitchhiking, and Why “Nice” is Garbage

Note: Before we get too far in, you should know I’m addressing Christians in this post. You should also know that this is not so much…

Jan 15, 2017

Relationship Goals, Hitchhiking, and Why “Nice” is Garbage

Jan 15, 2017

Allison Myers

The View from One-Third of the Way Up

I have this habit of writing in the past tense. “I learned,” “I overcame,” “I succeeded,” “I now understand.” And how pleasant and nice and…

Jan 2, 2017

The View from One-Third of the Way Up

Jan 2, 2017

Allison Myers

Do Not Stutter

For what seems to be about 100 years now, we’ve watched.

Nov 7, 2016

Do Not Stutter

Nov 7, 2016

Allison Myers

Allison Myers

Storyteller/Learner/Maker living in Dallas. Advocate of the arts, turn signals, and brunch. I write about God and humans, mostly.

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