Sunset by the sea

Written by Lena Gierl

ESSAYS

Essays on God, human nature, love, work, freedom — and the questions underneath the way we live.

My essays make the invisible visible: thoughts, patterns and questions that live beneath the surface.

  1. 01

    9 min read · October 2026

    I didn't want to owe anyone anything – because I wanted to stay free

    How my fear of invisible debts stayed with me all the way to Jesus – and what grace changed in me.

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  2. 02

    8 min read · September 2026

    What if even your sense of what feels good and what doesn't has been so twisted that you can no longer rely on it?

    If “more out of life” leads to broken relationships, making money from pornography, and constantly chasing reach — instead of togetherness, contentment, gratitude, and peace —, maybe we should ask ourselves if we took a wrong turn somewhere as a society.

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  3. 03

    5 min read · September 2026

    I didn't want to talk about things like this anymore, and yet it is becoming more and more relevant.

    I hope this text finds you at the right time.

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  4. 04

    11 min read · September 2026

    “The Universe Has a Plan” – But Who Is Really Behind It?

    Not knowing who this higher power, “the universe,” or God really is, and what all these plans are actually aiming for, no longer makes sense to me.

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  5. 05

    4 min read · September 2026

    What happens to our dreams when we stop asking what we want from life?

    And starting to ask which of our desires really come from God.

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  6. 06

    15 min read · August 2026

    What is truth – if there is no absolute standard for truth?

    If there were no absolute reference point, why should a human perspective, of all things, hold THE truth?

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  7. 07

    8 min read · August 2026

    Trusting God does not mean trusting everyone

    What changed when I stopped looking for security in circumstances I could never fully control.

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  8. 08

    5 min read · August 2026

    I Believe Everything Can Be Explained

    The limits of our understanding are not the limits of what can be understood.

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  9. 09

    7 min read · August 2026

    You have to be able to think about the future to understand why it is so important to live consciously in the present.

    About the past, present & future, and the reminder that this is already the story.

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  10. 10

    2 min read · August 2026

    A story does not need an audience to be valuable.

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  11. 11

    3 min read · August 2026

    The Responsibility of Seeing

    What it means to love someone when you see more than you should change.

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THINK FAST. LIVE SLOWLY.