You can’t achieve it alone
This is the part of the year where I’m supposed to tell you things like “you just have to put your mind to it, and…
Suffering, cats and hope in Advent
As I write this, our cat Blackie is doing what cats do when anyone is trying to concentrate on writing, and sticking his tail right…
50 Mile Star Course: Pavement, Pain, and Perseverance
With 7 miles to go in our 50 hour endurance suck fest, I collapsed under a tree from exhaustion. Dripping with sweat, carrying my 35…
October Adventure Challenge: Draw each day for Inktober
Remember the feeling when you were in kindergarten and your teacher handed you some crayons for the first time and invited you to draw whatever…
August Adventure Challenge: Becoming More Loving to Somebody in Particular
August Adventure Challenge: Loving Others I have a bit of a confession to make. I am not always a very loving person, even to those…
Liturgy for thunderstorms
In the midst of the tempest, I cry to you O Lord of the wind and waves. Bring peace to my troubled soul. Bring safety…
July Adventure Challenge
Here’s your adventure challenge for July: find the highest point of elevation near you and sit and reflect for 30 min. What do you notice?…
D-Day: Love, Adventure, and Sacrifice
Today marks the 77th anniversary of one of the most momentous days in the history of the modern world, the invasion of Normandy by the…
What is the Anthem of the Adventurer?
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