Author: Tory Vore

For a few weeks now, I’ve been working on an idea called “The Excellence Principle.” Ideas will usually take me a few weeks to flesh out and come full circle, and this time was no different. I had been writing nuggets down about why I believe that doing things with excellence brings God the most glory,…

I love this time of year. Spring is awakening from the grey winter. Birds add their songs back to the world. And, in Georgia at least, April showers drench the thirsty earth and give momentary relief from the pollen that wrecks our sinuses but brings so much new growth. I love this time of year….

When I was younger, a friend of my parents owned a restaurant in our hometown and you could find us there every Friday night for dinner. The owners had a daughter who worked at the restaurant when she was in high school, and I idolized her– I wanted to be just like her. One night, while she…

In an age of instant information and Google, of Facebook links and media rich with bias, it can be hard to discern what is truly wise in this world. I find more and more that the people of God can be swayed by the smallest idea of what is right and wise. I don’t know…

I grew up in a suburban town just north of Atlanta. 20 years ago, it wasn’t considered suburban- it was country. Miles and miles of farmland and chicken houses. But somehow it became the fastest growing county in America, literally. Forsyth County have received that title. For several years in a row. I digress… My dad…

Conviction is a nasty and beautiful thing isn’t it? More often than not, conviction comes in small pieces for me… one word in a conversation, scripture that seems to randomly come across my path, something that I teach to my sixth grade small group. These tiny pieces of conviction add up to be one big…

I am approaching a season of uncertainty. Where was once walking in a worldly assurance, I am now at a loss for balance. With a few shocking words, the world’s rug was ripped from beneath me and I found myself falling in slow motion from my platform of confidence. Within minutes, I was facing the…

Dear Tory, I know that right now, life is easy. There is no life beyond the walls of your high school and your friends’ houses on the weekends. Sure, it may seem complicated, but your life is truly terrific. I can promise you that life will come, and when it does, you will handle it…

Like most 15 year olds, I could not WAIT for the freedom driving would bring. I was always young for my grade in school and was one of the last one of my friends to get my learners permit. My birthday is in late May, but because of travelling and summer camps, I wouldn’t get…

When I was 13 years old, someone very close to me hurt me in a way that I never imagined possible. My life was shattered in a single moment. I went from shocked to devasted to broken to angry in a matter of hours. Bitterness took root in my heart, and hate was my language…