“Late have I loved you, Beauty so ancient and so new, late have I loved you! Behold, you were within and I was without; and there I sought you, plunging unformed as I was into the fair things that you...

The Appalachian Trail in Maine. “Since once again, Lord – though this time not in the forests of the Aisle but in the steppes of Asia – I have neither bread, nor wine, nor altar, I will raise myself beyond...

Grace and Peace to you in the name of Jesus of Nazareth! For a while now, I have been settling into the idea that a mature Christian is someone that can “see God in all things and all things in...

My name is John. I was born and raised on the southern shores of NJ. There isn’t really anything special about me that you should listen to me if I have never met you, HOWEVER, I believe there is something...

Each year, I keep a tally of the books I read. It started years ago with my brother, Steve, when we both tried to read a book a week. Since then, I tend to get close to about a book...

(Yes, I realize I published this a year late.) For a number of years now, I have challenged myself to try and read 52 books a year. This year, I did not meet that goal. And, I think that in...

Hello Everyone! Lets get it started! Below is a list of the books that I read in 2017. These are in alphabetical order according to the last name of the author, not according to which books I thought were better...

Pete Rollins at his Pints and Parables evening in Basking Ridge, NJ. Parables have been on my mind recently. It may or may not have to do with an event I went to last week by Pete Rollins, but I...

[wpvideo fEFiT025] On October 16th, 2015 my northbound thru-hike on the Appalachian Trail ended. I decided to not climb Katahdin due to blizzard conditions and return in the spring with my little brother. This meant I would not try to...