twenty-three

What last week of October would be complete without pumpkin carving?

And since I really miss LOST…

This weekend at the retreat I had an interesting conversation with our speaking guest, Mark Nelson, and a couple of students about the concept of "deconstruction" and trimming the excess fat off Christianity to reach into the essentials of our faith. We found ourselves on this topic as we pieced through some of Mark’s weekend [...]

We’re home safe from the INN’s Fall Retreat. About 60ish students and INN staff spent this last weekend out at Deception Pass State Park at Cornet Bay for our annual Fall Retreat. As with each year, it was a great chance for new and old students to bond, simply spend time together, and develop [...]

As I promised, here are a few photos from our first Sabbath gathering a couple weeks ago. The lighting was pretty low, so some of the photos were pretty blurry, but hopefully this give a good impression of what it was like. I’ve included some brief descriptions of the the different stations as well, so [...]

Today I ran my very first race, the Inaugural Bellingham Bay 10K! And it was awesome! The whole race experience, the actual running, the start and finish lines, it was quite exciting.
While I sort of wish I could have been up for the 1/2 marathon, the 10K was a perfect distance to start off with [...]

Last night, something very special began. In this year of transition and change, we have begun to move forward into some very cool territory at the INN. Restoration at the end of the week, experiential worship, reflection aided by writing and reading. Sabbath began last night.
We have had a Friday night program at the INN [...]

While the full reviews are hopefully forthcoming, I thought I’d note that I’ve been listening to a couple of good new releases this last week or so.
Dashboard Confessional: The Shade of Poison Trees
The New Amsterdams: At the Foot of My Rival

Maybe it’s the whole back to school vibe this year brings, but going [...]