There is a monster that hides in the shadows of the office or studio of every creative person. It is the voice that says, “it has already been done.” The voice of defeatism. It voices the fear of us all, giving word to the quiver of our souls, that we may actually have nothing new [...]

{I wrote this yesterday, I didn’t have an internet connection so I just used a text editor. I tend to be a bit more longer winded when I use a text editor instead of using wordpress’ post editor.} The question was raised in my “Jim & Casper Go to Church” class, can we as Christians [...]

My Church has recently started a class centered around the book, Jim and Casper Go To Church:Frank Conversation about Faith, Churches, and Well-Meaning Christians. We have only discussed the first chapter, so far. The basic design of the book is centered around Jim a Christian bringing Casper an Atheist to different churches to see how [...]

I have been continuing to read The Wild Places by Robert Macfarlane. It has been an interesting read, mostly for the digressions; the main story line in fairly weak. But in his defense, I am reminded of a similar work by Thoreau–his strongest points are when he wanders off into a rant about various things, [...]

I feel spiritually, mentally, & physically stiffled. It is that time of the year, when going outside seems like a bad idea. It is hot, humid, and bug infested. The heat usually isn’t too bad; if I’m doing something then I’m fine. But it is definitely not the kind of weather to sit & relax [...]

After a rather bad experience within the first couple days, I have returned to NWA.

Conceiving of man as the rationally thinking being/animal has caused us to think of people as the only animals who think. This has put a great divide between us and the rest of the nature. It is thought of as us and then the rest of nature. With the inception of the industrial age, new [...]

I am twenty-four years old today. I know when thinking about it from a broad perspective, I am still very young. I just need to tell anyone older than me, that I feel like 24 is monumental, and I am lucky if I can get by without a resultant laugh about how I am still [...]

This past weekend I went over to the nice town of Eureka Springs to look at rings. I’ve been planning to get married this summer for a while now, but it wasn’t until the act of getting the rings that it all set in. We have been talking wedding stuff for a while, but I [...]