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Staring at the Wall: July 2009
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009. I am about one week away from one of the biggest changes in my life. After over twenty seven years, I’m leaving Louisville. It’s true, I lived in St. Louis for about a year in college, but I always knew I was coming back to Louisville. This upcoming move includes no such promise. My heart is coming through my throat. As the future’s staring at me and present becomes the past. So many years this has been my home. But it couldn’t last forever and now it’s time to go away. But I will...
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Staring at the Wall: January 2013
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Thursday, January 24, 2013. The Long Strange Trip to 32. I don’t have a category for years like this past one. There are times when unfathomable things happen, and life becomes unrecognizable from anything you ever dreamed or imagined. This was one of those times and one of those years…. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Things To Think About. The Long Strange Trip to 32. Picture Window theme. Theme images by mammuth.
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Staring at the Wall: November 2011
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Thursday, November 17, 2011. The Road to Recovery. WARNING - this post contains graphic images of my ankle after surgery. Now I find myself in recovery mode. I'm not used to being confined to crutches or fatigue, but things could have been much worse. I have found myself thanking God for the health I do have. It has also forced me to rest, which is something I have never been good at. These photos were taken the day before I had surgery. You can see where I was bitten and how much swelling it caused&...
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Staring at the Wall: October 2010
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010. There has been much going on lately, and as a result I have been doing some writing to help me process everything. Here's one I wrote the other night. Perhaps it is something you can relate to.It was written in light of the biblical passage 2 Corinthians 12:8-10. For all my knowledge I don't know where I will sleep tonight. For all my learning I don't know if I handled this right. For all my education I don't know when I'll see the end of this plight. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Staring at the Wall: January 2012
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012. Thoughts written down while spending my birthday in the hospital. I am blessed, really blessed. It would be easy to look at the past year and only see the bizarre events of the last couple of months, but that would be shortsighted. There has been much more to my 31st year of life than a spider bite. It has been a year of reevaluating. It has been a year in which I've seen several friends and family members battle cancer. That has challenged me to reevaluate my definitions...
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Staring at the Wall: February 2011
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Monday, February 07, 2011. 30 for 30: #1 - Jesus. I knew of Jesus from stories I heard about him growing up, but I didn’t really know him until I was a freshman in college. My life has never been the same since I met Jesus personally. In fact, I can’t think of anything that has had such a profound impact on my life as knowing Jesus (as opposed to knowing of Jesus). Thought Topics: 30 for 30. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Things To Think About. 30 for 30: #1 - Jesus.
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Staring at the Wall: Reevaluating 31
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012. Thoughts written down while spending my birthday in the hospital. I am blessed, really blessed. It would be easy to look at the past year and only see the bizarre events of the last couple of months, but that would be shortsighted. There has been much more to my 31st year of life than a spider bite. It has been a year of reevaluating. It has been a year in which I've seen several friends and family members battle cancer. That has challenged me to reevaluate my definitions...
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Staring at the Wall: December 2009
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Wednesday, December 30, 2009. I moved to Bowling Green in May, but I had only moved mentally. The physical move in August was much much different. Needless to say, it has been a much tougher transition than I imagined back in May. However, I have slowly come to realize that most of that has been my fault. My thinking going into the move was backwards. The picture below is my favorite from the past few months. It is a picture of some friends and I after they helped decorate my Christmas tree. It i...
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Staring at the Wall: February 2010
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Thursday, February 18, 2010. What is and is Not Truth. Tuesday, we had an event here at WKU called the Veritas Forum. The speaker at the forum challenged us to think about and seek answers to the "big questions" in life. What is the meaning of life? Why are we here? Why is there evil/suffering? What is and is not truth? The struggle of both old and youth. To find what won’t break down. When discord in our life abounds. Why do good and evil appear. In a world full of both smiles and of tears? Remember tru...
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