Okay, so everyone in the world these days knows about Charity Water. If not, then I’m impressed, and here is a video you can watch.

Also, a lot of you probably already know about the Bearded Bloggers Fundraising Adventure (that’s not what it’s called) that I’m a part of. If not, so talk to Caleb McNary, the guy who headed it all up.

It’s great, cause it’s just a bunch of friends on the internet doing what we already do (beard) but using this as a tool for helping others. If we’re sitting around bearding all day, why not help others in the process? GOOD TIMES IF YOU ASK ME. Continue reading “Bearded Bloggers Fundraising Adventure!”

When it comes to your worldview, you either “start with wonder, or start with doubt.”

A very wise man told me that, just as he told the thousands of freshman that he taught in his worldview/philosophy class every single year. It’s the way that we can either look at a world without an Almighty God or one with Him in it. Doubt or wonder at the existence of God, and God’s presence in our world.

My professor had a very specific purpose to his words, but as I continue to live and they continue to stick with me, I see their implications on everything in my world. It’s the same as viewing a world with God or a world without God. You can’t see either side and it not impact everything around you.

We can start with doubt. We can look at the obstacles in the world and doubt they will be overcome. We can look at the mess and doubt it will ever be cleaned up. We can look at our limited resources, be it money or ability or time, and just give up and give in.

Or we can start with wonder, and when we look at the chaos around us, we see so much more.

Continue reading “Wonder and Doubt”

It’s really hard to write sometimes. When the mood hits and ideas start flowing and Evernote is standing by to … Continue reading Witty Blog Post Title

“Always remember there was nothing worth sharing like the love that let us share our name”

Though it isn’t the name I go by, my first name is still my “family name”. It comes from my uncle, a crazy old man with enough personality to fill the entire city.

He isn’t the type of person who has simply “never met a stranger”, he goes out of his way to talk to others. Whereas a typical talker might strike up a conversation with someone standing nearby, he makes it a point to walk up to people far away just to get in a quick and cheesy joke and a smile. Going out to eat with him always talks a half hour longer than it would with anybody else. He wants to see their reaction, but he always wants to make their day maybe just a little bit better. Continue reading “My Namesake”

Seven years ago, everything changed.

I was just a 165 pound freshman in college who had barely been on campus for a week. College was new and scary and it felt odd to realize I was actually there. I didn’t know a single person at the school, and meeting all of these people was so incredible. But right when classes should have been getting underway, things were derailed massively.

I remember laughing at the RAs who ran out into the wind and rain to play tennis in the storm. I laughed even harder when they were chewed out for doing so. As things got worse outside and the power went out, I remember sitting around watching a movie on a laptop in the dorm lobby with about 50 people. We sat around in the dark with an acoustic guitar and a camcorder and jokingly sang “I Believe In A Thing Called Love” at the top of our lungs to pass the time since we could’t sleep. For us, it was just a powerless night to get through.

It wasn’t until the next morning when the truth hit. Continue reading “August 29th”