Author: Tory Vore

I so often find myself in such a tizzy that I forget what my life actually looks like. Has anyone ever been there? You just go, go, go and you’re constantly busy that one day you sit down for the first time in perhaps weeks and you go, “wait, what did I just do with…

Doxophobia is the fear of one expressing their opinion or receiving praise. A few months ago I was sitting at lunch with two groups of girlfriends. Half were ones that I had known in the past, and half were recent friends. It was one of those awesome situations where your worlds collide. While we were…

I can still remember the day that I found out that dandelions were weeds. Weeds are bad. You get rid of weeds. But dandelions. What could be bad about dandelions? With a name like “dandelion” you have to be good right? Wrong. A weed is a weed. And the only way to get rid of…

A few weeks ago I was sitting in the parking lot of a popular Mexican fast food restaurant talking about life with a dear friend. I was telling her about my seasons and about how God redeemed me through reminding me of my passion to serve. I was so surprised about the way God had…

My grandmother is remembered for two things: her love for people, and her divine-given gift for cooking. She made the best biscuits and butterscotch pie you’d ever had. Looking back, I wish that I had eaten vegetables as a kid, because she grew all her vegetables herself. Corn, okra, tomatoes, green beans. She had two…