December 2011
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“You don’t have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body.”
– C.S. Lewis
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Digging through a shoebox of random old stuff tonight. Found this written on a piece of paper, something I wrote in the summer after my freshman year of college…
Joy is a choice that you make. Happiness is a choice that you make. Being joyful and being happy are things that are completely independent of the circumstances going on around you. What that means is, the things that are going on...
“Oh, God is a wind, and God is a whirlwind when we meet him.”
– Walt Wangerin Jr, Preparing for Jesus
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November 2011
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“‘Martha, Martha,’ the Lord answered, ‘you are worried and...”
– Luke 10:41-42
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“I’ve held my heart for ransom
for a price you could not pay to me
as I...”
– from My Father’s Son by Billy Cerveny
October 2011
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September 2011
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August 2011
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“Death is really just a liar which seeks to make us grieve the freedom of a soul.”
– Matt King
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“But unless Christ’s Word is preached, there is nothing to listen to.”
– Romans 10:17 (The Message)
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“But how can they call on him to save them unless they believe in him? And how...”
– Romans 10:14-15
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“The worst thing this world can do to me is kill me. But the best thing this...”
– Lee Younger
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My ER Visit
I bought a new mountain bike a few weeks ago with some birthday money (I turned 22!). When I bought it me and my friend Corey started a bet on the over/under on number of weeks until I broke a bone. Well I haven’t broken a bone yet, but I did have to take myself to the ER this weekend.
I’ve been riding a lot since I got the bike and I’ve actually gotten pretty good in a short...
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WatchThis is one of my favorite songs ever by one of my favorite songwriters ever. It also has one of my favorite lyrics ever.
He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.
He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “write this down, for these...
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“He is making all things new
All that’s broken and sad will come untrue...”
– Surprise - Lee Younger
Revelation 21:4-5
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July 2011
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Χριστὀς
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“I wanna be like the missionaries of old, pack my stuff in a coffin because I...”
– Austin Morgan
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Panorama of a sunrise in the Smokies from the top of Shuckstack fire tower. Cades Cove is off in the distance under all those clouds.
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“I am a pilgrim, but my pilgrimage has been wandering and unmarked.”
– From Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry
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“Make friends with pain, and you will never be alone.”
– Ken Chlouber
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My Altitude Training Experiment
Training at high altitude has long been practiced by both professional and amateur endurance athletes in order to gain a competitive edge during races. Most scientific studies on high elevation training began after the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City (elevation over 7,000 feet) when almost all endurance events saw very distinct sub-par finishes. Since then, the practice has been incorporated into...
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June 2011
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Well, my Westbound Adventure is officially over!...
12 days, 11 nights.
4 states.
1 night in Utah, 2 nights in Arizona, 8 nights in Colorado, and I drove through New Mexico near the 4 Corners on the way from Arizona to Colorado.
2,500 miles on my rental car.
95 miles on the trail.
Climbed two 14ers.
About 38,000 feet of on-trail elevation change (my estimate).
About 45 total hours on the trail (my estimate).
If you assume I drove an average...
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I hung out in Denver for a little while longer on Thursday night. I went to the mall in Aurora and walked around for a little bit, then I found a free outdoor concert at a park a few miles away so I hung out and enjoyed the weather and music. I met up with my friend Jordan at a park later that night while she was playing frisbee with her dad and little sister, and went over to their house...
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Tuesday night I left the coffee shop and went down to the Buena Vista boulder garden on South Main for a little while before the sunset. Close to downtown they’ve put up a couple of artificial boulders in the park, so I went down there and played around for a little while. Then I started to drive up to the top of Cottonwood Pass hoping to catch the sun setting over on the west side. I...