I love the outdoors;especially the mountain crags. I love the forests; peaceful silence as I run through the trees,my heart pounding with every step as I watch the morning sun come through the trees. I love to sit and watch the pounding waves of the majestic ocean, feel the water rushing past my seemingly insignificant frame, and listen closely to the babbling of the cheerful brooks. I love people. Often times I will wander off with nothing but my house keys and explore the streets of my little Oregonian town,watching the people with all of their quirks and character. I love to meet strangers and talk for hours with old friends. I love when things are spontaneous, I thrive on adventure. I'm stressed when things are planned,placed in neat and seemingly lifeless boxes, void of newness and life. I fear complacency. I love to write and one will often find me tucked away in the walls of my favorite coffee shop, seemingly invisible in my mind, writing of all sorts of things; God, people, thoughts, emotions, transitions, premonitions and intuitions, love, life, and beauty. I long to travel....to see the world in its entirety....to see humanity for what it really is. I love to smile and laugh....some would say that it's extreme- but there's a reason that I'm an optimist at heart. When you know sorrow and the deepest of despairs, joy is magical once you've been set free. I live victoriously, joyfully, freely because of the salvation and freedom that Jesus has freely given me.
U2, Van Morrison, Ben Harper, Shawn McDonald, Bob Marley, coldplay, jennifer knapp, shane bernard, credence clearwater revival, zero seven, jeff buckley, cat stevens, tracey chapman, mercyme, damien rice, indie arie, lauren hill, michael franti and spearhead, jack johnson, nickel creek, david crowder band, jars of clay, caedman's call, guster, the doobie brothers, Paul Simon, the beatles, ray charles, blind boys of alabama,joshua rosen, caleb paul, elton john, jason upton, jason meraz, the dead, ben folds five, aretha franklin, andre crouch, iron and wine, james blunt, Brett Dennen, steve miller band, Derek Webb,Bob Dylan,Led Zepplin, America,Seals and Croft,Natalie Merchant,Eric Clapton,Queen,Bebo Norman,Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James
What About Bob?, The Cinderella Man, Crash, Dead Man Walking,Hotel Rwanda,Constant Gardner,Pretty Woman, P.S.I Love You, Sicko,Yesterday
My television lives in my closet with the door shut and is only allowed to come out in the case of an occasional movie.
The Bible, Please Understand Me, Wild at Heart, the hobbit, Blue Like Jazz, The color code, slaughterhouse five, sometimes a great notion, this present darkness, satan seller, the god catchers, robert frost (poetry of),mountains beyond mountains,One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,Till We Have Faces,When Broken Glass Floats,
Jesus, apostle paul, my brother, Rosa Parks,