Conforming Patterns
Criteria for creating life altering art requires mentally stepping out of and away from the pattern of the typically acceptable and falsely satisfying status quo. To create, one must see beyond the pattern of normality’s pending twists and turns, but, even more importantly, see the pattern for what it intrinsically is, mentally moving away to view it from a distance with fresh vantage and...
Read MoreGrowth Evidence: Photo Edition
Spring is in the air and so is growth. Here are a few pictures I snapped along the way (via iPhone!) to witness just that. Click on any image to...
Read MoreJim Elliot on Staying Or Going
I want to share this passage from a letter written by Jim Elliot as taken from Shadow of The Almighty by Elizabeth Elliot. I have been studying the life of Elliot over the past few weeks, and throughout that time I have been elated with hope and depressed by overwhelming sadness. I cannot describe how his worldview, faith and life have challenged and pushed me beyond the limits of what I thought...
Read MoreSettling For Bread & Burnt Coffee
The Land of Java Procedural elimination and implementation, like an undefiled, virgin coffee drinker attempting interpretation of cafe lingo in order to decide upon something actually worth consuming within the confines of airy Americanos, frothy lattes, and tempting double shot, caramel macchiatos. Words here, words there–colorful, chalk hieroglyphics strewn about on an archaic yet serene...
Read MoreA Love For Terrorists, Death Row Inmates, And Me
I’ll Love You If I’ll love you if you look like me, give me what I want, and promise to never refute me. I’ll love you if you never label me a bad person, never speak the truth of who I am, never prophesy based on my undisciplined mind. I’ll love you if you never tell me, “No.” I’ll love you if you’re pretty and passionate. I’ll love you if...
Read MoreThe Transforming Power of Clean Water In Africa: An Interview With Amie LoPresti.
Last week I had the chance to meet with Amie LoPresti of Africa Water Is Life, an organization dedicated to harvesting clean water in Africa for those who live without. I find her story not only moving and full of life but also compelling and worthy of a justified response due to the extreme nature of the situation in Africa that is their desperate need for clean water. This is her story. This...
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