Take a listen.
Follow that listen by action.
I have much to learn about being a "doer and not a hearer only that deceives himself."

Check out this link.
It's rare, but sometimes you get to look what the Bible calls "the gospel" right in the face.
Do I carry this same good news this obviously?

Maybe this Christmas we could join together in the revolt of true Christianity.
Maybe we could revolt against our selfishness by not consuming but giving.
Maybe this season of advent could be a conspiracy...a joining together to oppose a power.
Maybe our churches and our souls have forgotten that Christianity is not a religion made by man contained by man's own power.
Maybe we could acknowledge that it is a revolution of doing literal things.
Maybe if I took my money and you took yours and decided to pour, not our funds alone, but our love into these people things would change.

Actually, that is not a maybe.
It would change things.

Maybe you'll join in?



My typical excuse: I don't know how to help and where to donate. And even then, how do I know that my money will get to the people in need?
My response this time: The link is right there. I have to do something. They have proven they are legit by their transparency and stories. Do I really have so small a faith that I can't even trust God to use my money in the best way he sees fit after I have obeyed and given it?

Makes you want to buy them, huh.
This is about more than blue jeans.
There are always new frontiers to be explored.
What are yours?

This is superficial.
Superficial can be fun too.
And fun is beneficial.

I walked around my room and took pictures of the items I saw that had a piece of me in them. No they don't define me entirely or sum me up and, therefore, hold me down. However, these things just have a little part of my story in them.

How to define your style?
For me:
-old soul
-American
-worn out means worn in
-invest and, therefore, spend less in the long term
-simple

Introduction to James Savage's lesson for Fall Retreat 2010.


Radical Abandonment=True Fulfillment

All who were involved...thanks for a great weekend.

If my guiding light originates within myself, my path will press on toward pain.
If in the "Father of lights, there is no variation or shadow due to change."
Taken by Kyle.

Conversation between myself and a friend at church yesterday:
(I've known this guy for a while and had no idea)

"Hey man, how you doin? Oh, I'm glad to see you grabbed one of the Bibles that the church gives out."

"I'm doing well. Yeah, I've never read the Bible before so I just picked it up a few minutes ago and read that first part of Genesis. You know, about God creating everything and all that. That's pretty extreme. I like it though, man. I really do."


Note to self: Open your freaking eyes and realize that not everybody grew up with this stuff.