STINTer Briefing 1

I’m here, made it to Keystone. Reflecting back to the night before I left, and even yesterday my first day here, there has been this dream like feel to it all. I believe I am still in that state of being, only starting to get used to it. This is all so surreal and incomprehensible…

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Off to Keystone, CO

I’m continuing to work on my lack of blogging and just introspection in general this summer. It’s been a very fast week that is about to either; speed up, or slow down. Tomorrow morning I have an 11:19 flight out to Denver for the International STINT Campus Crusade briefing. None of us really know what…

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Hard Words from a Skeptic

I’ve been long since skeptical of the catholic church and their desire to see authentic, real, and genuine Christianity spurred across the world in light of the pending return of Christ. While I am still skeptical, I was very much excited by the recent words of Pope Benedict. My only fear is that the Christian…

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Photo: Tree Frog

For the past summer our house has been a place for these tree frogs to catch their nights delight. It’s suspicious because for the past 18-19 years we’ve lived here they haven’t shown themselves, and then all of a sudden this summer there are between five and seven of them. Most of the time on…

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Carissa Kay’s Day!

Today at half past noon in St. Cloud, Minnesota my high school friend, Carissa Goertz became Carissa Kay Allen. It was so surreal and great at the same time. I had never met her husband, Jeff, until today and so was a bit concerned. After hearing his family and friends talk of him there is…

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Date Week w/ Jordan!

It’s been a week since I picked Jordan up from the airport. I had it all planned out, I would fly to Chicago for a daytrip I needed to have (my passport was at the French consulate there) and could then meet here coming out of her gate in Minneapolis. Great idea except that her…

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