About Me

I can’t write something here and let it definitively define me. That seems obvious but I realize that what I choose to write or reveal here is, in a sense, the/a basis for what people have to work with. So, i suppose this blog is simply a skeletal framework of where I’m coming from. But, know that the things of life that fill in this framework will never be exhaustive.  I have no problem admitting that I’m still trying to figure some things out. Feel free to take it as it is.

My name’s Steph and there’s always things on my mind: opinions that I’m forming, beliefs which are solidifying, issues that I’m questioning, experiences I am evaluating, doubts with which I am wrestling, frustrations that i tend to be suppressing, life moments that I’m enjoying. And in all these things, I find myself lacking the ability to articulate it all. And beyond that, I think I’m too afraid to do so anyway. But whatever will find itself on this blog, I suppose it’s another step towards unfolding another part of it all.

I was born in 1984 and grew up in the Los Angeles area but moved to Vancouver around the time of high school. It was a trade-off between sun and rain, between surfing and snowboarding, between non-colored money and coloured money– note the added “u,” between the ignorant but sometimes funny stereotype of Canadians and the equally ignorant and pigeon-holed stereotype of Americans, between never going to the doctor or dentist and now going at the slightest inconvenience.

I graduated from the University of British Columbia in English Literature and Sociology. For the most part, I enjoyed studying what I did and found the university experience invaluable. Since graduating, I’ve moved to Calgary, Alberta to work with the non-profit organization, Power to Change (formerly, Campus Crusade for Christ, Canada) under the campus division, Campus for Christ, at the University of Calgary.

I call my blog “Canaan Bound” because life boils down to faith for me. Canaan Bound is a reference to the biblical story of Abraham (Genesis 12 and onward) who left everything he knew and set out for a place of incredible promise (Canaan). And although he did not know what it would look like or how the details would play out, he chose place his faith in a God whom he knew was good. God honored Abraham’s trust and obedience and as a result, Abraham has left a legacy of faith that has lasted generations upon generations– it  reaches up to mine and will extend even beyond mine. At the end of it all, I think I’d like to do something like that, too.

Lastly, I love baseball and still unashamedly enjoy the novelty of boy bands from time to time.