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Prayer Changes Us and We Change Things
“I used to pray that God would feed the hungry, or
do this or that, but now I pray that he will guide me to do whatever
I’m supposed to do, what I can do. I used to pray for answers, but now
I’m praying for strength. I used to believe that prayer changes things,
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Reply to Planning: Tristate National Day of Prayer Hike @ High Point Park May 7, 2026
@bopbop reported his typical hike speed is 1mi in 30 min, so 2 mph. If we factor a few minutes at each of the six overlooks, this puts us on pace according to the allotted time.
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Reply to Planning: Tristate National Day of Prayer Hike @ High Point Park May 7, 2026
Trying to get some details in order…
Sunset: 8PM (Park closes)
Parking: Park at Monument
Hiking Options (loops from and to monument)
- The Monument Trail (RG Loop): 3.5 mi = 3.5hrs @ 1 mph
- The Monument Trail (RG) to SRT/Cedar Swamp Trail (loop): 2.5 mi = 2.5 hrs @ 1 mph
Proposed schedule:
The plan is to listen and pray as we walk. The Monument…
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The First Sustainable Generation?
I’m thinking a lot lately about the connection between aesthetic and hope: the world you visualize is the world you are building. I have to admit, I visualize a pretty dismal future and have a “salvage punk” aesthetic — as humanity creates a dystopia, I see myself in a remnant eking out an alternative from scraps and DIY skills. It’s a bit …
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Salvagepunk is an idea and framework I’ve been toying with for a couple of weeks, and which I borrow loosely from Evan Calder Williams’ Combined and Uneven Apocalypse (2011). In this bo…
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This is reminding me of this article I read a while ago, about how fiction (Star Trek in this example) has power to shape the real world as it unfurls. Lots of power in speculative fiction and the stories we tell ourselves!!!! https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-books/2023/09/08/star-trek-and-3-d-printing/
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I love the line “how to repeat differently” from the Salvagepunk article!
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Why RadicalNow? | A Different Social NetworkThere are a lot of reasons why I started RadicalNow, but I want to focus on the one that really caused me to pull the…
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Calling Into Gifts
Calling Into Gifts describes the fifth position on The Journey Map — a framework for individuals and communities to locate themselves on journey with Jesus.…
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Planning: Tristate National Day of Prayer Hike @ High Point Park May 7, 2026
I’m working with a couple of collaborators on the prayer hike for the Tristate area on May 7, 2026: The National Day of Prayer. The hike will be themed “Every Mountain, Every Valley” from Isaiah 40:3-5:
3 The voice of one who calls out,
“Prepare the way of Yahweh in the wilderness!
Make a level highway in the desert for our God.
4 Every… - Load More
