YAV Year

Allison Blackwell

Jan 1815 min read

Guess Who's Back

Listen; I have been struggling to think of what to say--how to explain the turn the end of my YAV year took, how to convey what I hope to...

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Allison Blackwell

Jul 27, 20236 min read

YAV Year

See You Later

Hello everyone! I did the thing that I promised myself that I wouldn’t do but that I deep down probably knew was inevitable….I got caught...

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Tables and Returns: Who is Invited to the Feast?

Allison Blackwell

Jan 31, 202319 min read

YAV Year

Tables and Returns: Who is Invited to the Feast?

In my grand plan for how my blog posts were going to go, this was going to be the one on feasting and sharing of food and table. It still...

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Allison Blackwell

Nov 19, 202225 min read

YAV Year

Under the Bare Eye of God

I feel close to God when I experience joy and wonder or when I can help others experience joy and wonder. That latter often comes in the...

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Allison Blackwell

Oct 17, 202215 min read

YAV Year

That South(west)ern Hospitality

How should I sum up what my life has been like for the past month and a half? I can only think to say that it has been wild…perhaps even...

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Allison Blackwell

Aug 10, 202212 min read

YAV Year

My Faith Journey To Date

For me, Christianity has always been a choice. I didn’t grow up in the church. Occasionally, my mom signed my brother and I up for VBS...

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Allison Blackwell

Jun 30, 20226 min read

YAV Year

So We Begin

The evening before I graduated college, my brother, Kyle, and I sat on the bench swings outside my dorm and talked of the daunting: our...

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