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Happy Avalanche Day
Yesterday marked the one year anniversary of the avalanche in Colorado. It seems weird to celebrate the anniversary of something such as a car accident, but on the other hand it did bring us all closer together in a way a normal ski trip seems to fall short of accomplishing. During church a couple of weeks ago, one of our pastors, Doug, used the word communitas to describe a local body of believers. A communitas can be described as 'an intense community spirit, the feeling of great social equality, solidarity, and...
January, 7 2008 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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Bite the Dog that Bit Ya.
If we shrink away from possible pain and misfortune would we ever do anything? If we get injurred or almost die in a car accident, do we never drive again, or never drive near that area again? Life is too short, why shrink back and live in fear? Instead battle forth in valiance and bravery to address our fears, beating them into submission, facing them head-on with God leading the charge. Can you imagine never again climbing a mountain - never again experiencing the vast beauty and breathtaking scenery of a mountain...
March, 4 2007 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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After Shocks
I haven’t written in quite awhile so I decided that it was time. Life has been busy. Just a quick catch-up on what has been going on. The night after the avalanche Jordan Cook’s cell phone was ringing almost constantly and the battery was quickly dying. He was receiving phone calls from friends and family but also from people who you would never dream would be calling your phone: CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC, BBC, Good Morning America, the Ellen DeGeneres Show, the Today Show etc. While we were still in the hospital news agencies...
February, 13 2007 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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Berthoud Pass Avalanche
Written during the week after the avalanche. Saturday January 6, 2007 was blue-skied, cold, and windy in Winter Park, Colorado. We traveled out to Winter Park on the 1st of January as a group from...
January, 6 2007 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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