First Byline, but not my first Blog

HEY THERE ALL!!!!

I don't want to bombard you with blogs to follow, but I will not only attempt to keep up with this blog, but also for class I have to do a blog. So here's the link. Feel free to follow or not. Thanks for all your support as I venture out into D.C.

The byline/story:
http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?id=39737
I was super nervous when I went to this event, and as many people have seen when I met Rick Warren I took a picture. Little to my knowledge did I know that my eyes would be stark shut in the photo. I was literally star struck though. He told me that he thought I had beautiful hair, and when I told him that braids like this take about 6 to 8 hours he and the small crowd of professionals around him were astonished. There were oh's and ah's, and on my face embarrassment. My editor was really gracious with me about this article, and I was definitely more stressed about it than he thought I should have been. Something I've held on to that I heard in chapel once resonated with me when I was writing this story. The phrase that comes to mind is "Nobody cares about you as much as you do." Aside that fact that God cares about us, we worry about ourselves more than we should. This is something that I've been learning and something that takes time to work on. We need to know that because God cares for us sooo much, we don't need to worry about ourselves. The only thing we need to worry about is how much we rest in Him and his love for us.


The blog:
http://dancingheadlines.wordpress.com/
Originally, I was paired up with two of my friends Shonette and David for this blog project. They had the idea for GodHop.Org (which you can google if you'd like). This blog is a blog focused on God in popular culture or more specifically rap and Christian hip hop. When the three of us presented our idea, we were confronted by our professor, Terry, who is a religion beat reporter, that 3 people was too much for the group. I had previously had the idea for a dance blog, but was afraid to speak up, and when I did it was freeing. After class I sheepishly walked up to our professors and told them that I had cold feet about joining the group. When my nervousness registered with them, they asked me what I was passionate about. I responded with my original idea of a dance blog and they were delighted. I love Christian hip hop, I just don't want to sit and read about it all day. I rather focus on something more dear to my heart, and something that I would love to report on in the future. So I had to tell David and Shonette that I was leaving the group, and they were sad, but delighted that I had found something to write about that lined up with my passions. So, if there is something that you love, go for it. Don't be afraid. 2 Timothy 1:7 says, "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."