Our session of AIM this two weeks consists of nothing less than the greatest variety of people that I have experienced at camp. We have people from different backgrounds, educations, religious thoughts, ethnicities, ages, places etc. It is varied and it is good. I think this is a great example of what God asks [...]
Archive for July, 2007
All walks
Posted in Uncategorized on July 31, 2007 | 2 Comments »
post script
Posted in Uncategorized on July 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »
the previous entry is meant to be an observation of my lack of understanding, not a finger pointing at my father’s comments, but a finger pointing at myself. It is not meant to be a commentary on the issue of homosexuality or anything (while those views are included) but it is intended to be a [...]
Ignorance is a two-handed slap
Posted in Uncategorized on July 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I have a vivid memory from a night in my family’s house a few years ago. It was about 11pm and I had left the television on upstairs; since nothing good seems to be on at that hour, I was watching Dharma and Greg (little to no shame in announcing that, ok maybe just a [...]
Ah, here it is!
Posted in Uncategorized on July 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
P.S.
Posted in Uncategorized on July 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I am 75% sure that I sat next to Augusten Burroughs in Starbuck’s today!
I left a little bit out
Posted in Uncategorized on July 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Earlier this month I posted about keeping myself sane by listening to books on CD while driving around the camp for short little jaunts. I realized while going to the bathroom (where all good realizations come from) that I have a few other ways to keep myself sane in the Summer:1. I keep a copy [...]
My Summer Playlist
Posted in Uncategorized on July 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Songs just kind of identify my Summers here at Calvin Crest, here are some of the meaningful tunes for 2007:Eve of Destruction – Bishop AllenLove Knows How to Fight – M. CraftJesus – Page FranceChariot – Page FranceGirlfriend – Avril LavigneYou Got This Car – Kasey ChambersCan’t Keep it in – Cat StevensHips Don’t Lie [...]
What is this job?
Posted in Uncategorized on July 17, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I live in a place of true majesty, where I can see eagles flying over a lake while fresh mango juice drips down my chin. I have the opportunity to love teenagers deeply and be an incredible influential character in their lives. I can speak things to them that they may not hear if others [...]
funny
Posted in Uncategorized on July 16, 2007 | 2 Comments »
It’s funny how we do little things to keep us sane at camp! For instance, whenever I have to get in my car to go somewhere around the camp, I listen to a book on tape. Granted that I never drive any more than half a mile or so at a time, but in the [...]
week 2 has begun
Posted in Uncategorized on July 9, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Funny how when you want to dig deeper with your campers, it never happens how you expect, things just kind of explode into a level of intensity, they never just gradually deepen!