You feel indifference bubbling in the pit of your stomach. In your work to help others, you take in the hurt of those around you, and feel your compassion slipping away. You register the nightmare of someone else’s reality, but your eyes glaze over.
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Losing my Way — The Commercialization of Spiritual Experiences
The once solitary journey is now hardly distinguishable from everyday life. The challenge of living without modern amenities has been taken away; people seeking solitude and self-reflection in their pilgrimage will be extremely disappointed.
The Two Paths of Faith in University Years
University was the beginning of the end for me. The end of innocence. You might think that statement hyperbolic, but I promise you it’s not. It is the end of innocence for most people. However, I think it can be a particularly jarring experience for believers. Everyone else goes to university expecting and hoping to lose their innocence; Christians go to university hoping against hope to keep it.
What American Girl Stories Taught Me About Life
We will encounter others whose beliefs are different than ours. We should learn to act respectful to their views while maintaining our own. At the end of the day, we all want those three things America was founded on: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.
Sports have Spiritual Importance
Sports demanded discipline. Sports asked not just for my mind — as the intellectual incubator we call college or university too often does – but for my body as well.
Single, Gay, Christian — Bonus Excerpt
Most of the Christians I knew seemed to think so: that there was no such thing as being born gay; that God was just waiting to spring heterosexuality onto anyone who asked; that if you stayed gay, it was probably your own fault.



