I wish I could take credit for this, but I can’t — it just kind of inspired me a lot. Try to read it one sentence at a time, think about it, apply it to where you are, and don’t you dare read it like it’s a forwarded email that you skip over and say [...]

I know a lot of people who are working hard to become famous.

Or rich, or beautiful, or successful, or whatever.

The reality of it is, the reason I woke up this morning was NOT to further my personal life ambition. I exist today to worship God and make the name of Jesus famous.

Period.

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I just got back from a really awesome long weekend visiting Josh in Boulder. Random thoughts anyone? Ok, you talked me into it. In no particular order:

* Reliable and abundant public transportation, while as of yet almost entirely unable to sustain itself without government assistance, is a glorious and not-wide-enough-spread thing.

* People [...]

I’ve gotten a lot of interesting perspectives on marriage recently — some good, some really really sad. So here it goes, my list of the best advice I’ve been given on marriage.

* Love doesn’t fix everything.

My marriage is going to be the greatest love affair of my life. If it is supposed to [...]

“peculiar…”

Not really something you want to hear from your professor. DEFINITELY not something you want him to say while looking at your first exam. It does makes a good Gmail status though, and yes I’m using it to write a post…

Sometimes it takes doing something wrong to set yourself apart. It took misreading [...]

I’m learning American Sign Language.

I don’t need language credit, I don’t have a Deaf friend/close family member, and as much as I love Ashley (and I do love you my friend) it’s definitely not for her benefit. BUT–I can’t imagine living in a world where communication is nearly impossible with anyone besides those who [...]