December 2010
5 posts
All I Want for Christmas is Us- Jason Mraz and...
Jason Mraz is my hero. His music makes me smile, and his voice sooths my soul. And since I can’t have him (he drops the F-bomb too often for me), I’m glad that he found someone as perfect for him as Tristan, who he proposed to on Thursday night. Here’s an adorable Christmas song by the happy couple. Congrats to the future Mr. and Mrs. Jason Mraz, and Merry Christmas.
What...
I think it's time that I should introduce you all...
This is Alex Raul Rivera Cruz. He is 11 years old as of September 30, and he is my sponsor child through Inca Link International. He is the light of my world and the love of my life. This child is just like any other child concerning his spectrum of emotions. He feels happiness, sadness, loneliness, acceptance, hunger, thirst, satisfaction, and joy. The difference is when and how often Alex...
Inca Link International →
The organization that I work for and interned with this past summer in Trujillo, Peru. Check out the sponsorship page to become someone’s hero and saving grace.
“Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and border and salute each...”
– Rainer Maria Rilke from Letters to a Young Poet
March 2010
3 posts
falling slowly-glen hansard
it’s the song from the movie once. and i love it.
“I don’t know you But I want you All the more for that Words fall through me And always fool me And I can’t react And games that never amount To more than they’re meant Will play themselves out Take this sinking boat and point it home We’ve still got time Raise your hopeful voice you have a choice...
THIS IS WHY I'M HOT.
I’m hot ‘cause I’m fly. You ain’t ‘cause you not.
It’s pointless to complain about grammatical errors in rap music. If you can’t handle a little pronoun-antecedent disagreement, turn off the Snoop Dogg and crank up the Beethoven. It’s not his fault that you’re OCD.
This weekend was fabulous. Beautiful. Emotional. Unemotional....
...but not as cute as Pushkin.
It’s weird. I try so hard, or I don’t try at all, and no matter what, some people will NEVER be even REMOTELY interested in you. Lame. Do you ever notice me? Are my texts, my Facebook posts, or my passing “hello’s” ever appreciated? I doubt it. But how I wish they were. I wish you would look at me and think more than “Oh. Her.” I wish it would...
February 2010
5 posts
Let's Break the Tension:
Richard: ”I LOVE SHRIMP. WHO ELSE LOVES SHRIMP?”
Rory: ”Me! I’m a fan!!”
I think that everyone in the world should give up texting for the day. Then, one would have to pick up the phone and actually interact with someone to truly find out “what’s up” instead of a two-worded cop-out. To hear the voice of someone who called you is to know that you are wanted. At least, your input, approval, or inclusion is desired, and that means far more than...
Caught in the middle of a crossfire, lost my balance on a high wire, trying to figure out what to do.
Pushed to the edge of my reason, everywhere around me, it’s treason. I don’t want to do that to you.
Kamikaze airplanes in the sky, are we going down or will we fly? This could be a shipwreck on the shore, or we could sail away forevermore. This time, it’s sink or swim, sink...
my to-do list for today:
1. find cell phone
2. finish organizing dorm room
3. write a speech
4. find cell phone
5. reschedule saturday dinner for sunday
6. FIND CELL PHONE.
It’s an issue.
This is why I should never EVER stop writing: because every time I do, I get so emotionally stressed out that I become bitter and unpersonable, which only worsens my situation. I feel like a human rubber band, stretched in as many directions as inches of snow on the ground in Boone, and the cold makes the stretching harder. However, the thing is, no one else is stretching me. I’m...
January 2010
15 posts
Dear, I thought I’d drop a line.
The weather’s cool.
The folks are fine.
I’m in bed each night at nine.
P.S., I love you.
Yesterday we had some rain, but all in all, I can’t complain.
Was it dusty on the train?
P.S., I love you.
Write to the Browns just as soon as you’re able; they came around to call.
I burnt a hole on the dining room table, and, let me see,...
MY BUCKET LIST
This may seem slightly morbid, but I was looking through my good friend Randy’s pictures and realized that there are several small things that I want to do before I die- several simple pleasures of life that I have yet to enjoy. Some may seem relatively normal, and others are slightly more Sam-specific. So, here it is: my list of tasks to accomplish before I “kick the bucket.” ...
PASSION DAY THREE- Part Three
10:14 PM—John Piper is amazing, and God definitely shone through him tonight. The main session was so intense that 22,000 students filtered through downtown ATL to different Community Group locations in dead silence after it was over. It was DEEP.
Basically, he said that the majority or Christians use God-centeredness as a cloak for self-centeredness, because we have deceived ourselves into...
PASSION DAY THREE- Part Two
4:17 PM—John Piper’s mission session could not have been better. My call to do something with missions was made as clear as the glass door you’ve walked into because you think the door is open. I know that the Lord has put a call to missions on my heart, whether or not it is long-term. John Piper, paraphrasing the apostle Paul, calls this calling a “sacred ambition.” Romans 15:20 says “Thus I...
PASSION DAY THREE- Part One
1:27 PM—The Hillsong concert last night was easily the greatest musical event I have ever been to in my entire life. Brooke Frasier’s voice makes me melt, and so do their accents! Joel’s Australian accent, especially. The worship was fantastic! I may try to get their CD later, but I hear that it’s way more tame than the concerts. It was such a blessing to be able to worship with them.
Andy...
PASSION DAY TWO- Part Two
9:47 PM—Francis Chan, author of the book Crazy Love, spoke tonight. I didn’t take notes, so my memory, which isn’t quite working right now, is going to have to do. Francis talked about how we are supposed to be people who tremble at the word of God, and we are called to revel in His grace. He spoke of Peter and the transfiguration of Christ, when Moses and Elijah came down from Heaven, and the...
PASSION DAY TWO- Part One
4:30 PM—David Crowder could not possibly have been more phenomenal. His voice makes me SO happy!! Great concert, great friends, great time. Beth Moore spoke this morning. That woman is so amazing. I’ve grown up knowing who Beth Moore is, because my mom has done virtually every Bible study that woman has ever written (which is A LOT). Quick recap: she spoke about the spirit “equip[ping] [us]...
PASSION DAY ONE
2:30 PM—Finally in the ATL!! It is so exhilarating here. Just being here gives me chills, partly from the 30 degree temperatures plus the chill of a wind so fierce that Christian Siriano can’t compete, but also from the people surrounding me: 20,000+ students from all over, all with a different story, a different purpose, and a different reason for coming to Passion 2010. My story isn’t...
PASSION TWENTY-TEN
This conference (or movement, rather) was the most amazing thing I had ever experienced. The glory of God was truly revealed, and I know that my life will never be the same. I wanted to update while I was in Atlanta, but the WiFi was too expensive. :( PLEASE visit http://www.268generation.org to see John Piper’s amazing sermon about cloaking self-centeredness with God-centeredness before...
T- minus 19 hours, 5 minutes ‘til Jonathan and I leave for Passion 2010!!!
“Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.”
– Napoleon Hill
December 2009
9 posts
Passion 2010 :: T-minus 43 hours, 20 minutes until Jonathan and I leave for the conference!! ATL, here we come!
I don’t think it’s possible for you to feel the excitement pulsing through my veins RIGHT NOW. Just thinking about the wonderful disciples of the LORD that will be speaking wisdom into my heart sends shivers up and down my spine. John Piper, Louie Giglio, Andy Stanley,...
“She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the...”
– Proverbs 31:25
Never Be Idle- my lovely friend Emily on Tumblr →
Ashley Washington, ladies and gentlemen! Good friend of mine. Now click and enjoy!
Currently listening: Secret in This Town by Mark...
December 30, 2009
We’re crossing over another creek.
I hate this part of the drive. This is when everyone’s cell phones lose service, the only thing coming through the radio is static, and every five minutes, we drive over a bridge, bumping the car and making pens fly across pages violently, blacking out half of the nearly-completed crossword puzzles. This is the same part of the drive where the caffeine buzz...
“Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win...”
– 1 Corinthians 9:19, NIV
Hello, all. My name is Sam. I am a professional writing major at a North Carolina university. My notebook (basically a less juvenile word for diary) became sick of being my only listening ear, so I am turning to the world wide web to be my stage. You, my unsuspecting victim, are about to be subjected to the ramblings of a self-proclaimed wordaholic. You can hope for the best and try to pull...