July 2011
28 posts
“Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals...”
– Prime Minister - Love Actually
My Journal
Two years ago today I embarked on a journey. The Appalachian Trail
Five million steps, 2,178.3 miles, 136 days, in elevation change it is the equivalent of climbing Mt. Everest 17 times.
I hated camping, nothing about it was enjoyable to me. I would rather be in a bed.
I blame my youth pastor. He told me to watch this sermon by Francis Chan in April of senior year.
It convicted me. I had...
Romans 8:24-39, everything I need to hear right...
[24] For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? [25] But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
[26] Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. [27] And he who searches hearts knows what...
“Then one day, the agony will be over. It will feel as if it was never there. Joy...”
– Brock James Chadwick
“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that...”
– Le Petite Prince 