Our First Day in Urumqi
Today was a day to adjust to a different time zone and to fill out paperwork to get ready for tomorrow. Here are a few pictures from a walk in a nearby park.
Amanda Statton: A secretly incredible wife and mother
From Jeremy: Last year I featured a series of articles about a few secretly incredible people. And while it has been over a year, there is one more person to tell you about. I want you to meet my wife, Amanda. She is an incredible wife and mother. Without her, my own story wouldn’t be […]
You are Worth Dying For
In his book Sex God: Exploring the endless connections between sexuality and spirituality (affiliate link), Rob Bell gives advice to young women when they consider whom they will date. He suggests a few questions to ask. Questions whose answers will help them decide how the man in question really feels about them. Whose answers will […]
How Tall of a Tree are You?
I recently read Outliers (affiliate link) by Malcolm Gladwell. The book is about how some stand out beyond all others. In the first section he uses a forest and tall trees as a metaphor: Biologists often talk about the “ecology” of an organism: the tallest oak in the forest is not the tallest just because it grew […]
Take a Knee
I don’t keep up with middle school football. Who does, right? But I wish I had been at this game in Olivet, Michigan. I wish I had seen and experienced what I would call the best play of the 2013 football season. I can’t tell you anything about the team or their record. I don’t […]
We are the 1 Percent
Recently I was made aware of a video that cleverly illustrates the distribution of wealth in America. You can watch it below. If you are unable to see the video, you can click here to watch it at YouTube. We are the 99 Percent, Right? The main point of the video is to graphically show […]
Start Where You Are
I don’t know how. I don’t know where to begin. This is too hard for me. I don’t have enough time/money/resources/talent. One of the biggest reasons you haven’t started is that you don’t want to start where you are. You want more knowledge. You want a clearer path. You want it to be easier. You […]
What To Do when You Don’t Know What to Do
The alarm goes off and you immediately hit the snooze. Not because you need more sleep, in fact you haven’t been asleep for awhile now. Your thoughts become a dizzying spin of questions without answers. You couldn’t stop thinking if you wanted to. How will you make it through this day? How will this ever […]
But Knowledge isn’t Enough
Have you ever heard of Urumqi, China? I hadn’t either until recently. Urumqi (pronounced oo-rum-chee) sits in the far western part of China. The province, Xinjiang, is nestled between Mongolia and Tibet. The city carries the distinction of being the most remote location with regards to promximity to a major body of water such as […]
3 Steps to Stop Scratching the Itch
I think it might be one of the laws of thermodynamics. Something Sir Isaac Newton discovered after being bitten by a mosquito. It is an invisible, but impossible force. When we itch, we scratch. Scratching is a response to an intense feeling. And when we first put our fingernails against our skin, there is the […]
