Tag: Pike’s Peak
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“For Purple Mountains Majesty…”
Last weekend, I had the honor of going to my favorite area of Colorado for the 5th time. This was my third time going for a women’s conference, and it seems as though every time I go for a conference, I fall more in love with the area. Obviously, I love visiting, but something about…
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3AM Thoughts
Have I had 3am thoughts before? *shrugs* Either way, here we are. You know it’s funny, people say that you should live as if there’s no tomorrow. And I get it. “Live your life! Do the things you want to do! Do them now! Don’t wait.” Even Jesus said that tomorrow isn’t promised to us.…
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Death, Adventures, and Birthdays
Today would be my dad’s 53rd birthday, and as I do every Sunday morning, I went to church. Since we’re still in Colorado, my best friends and I went to Legacy Church, pastored by Jeremy Pearsons. The story of how we found the church and then decided it was worth going during our vacation is…
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A Sabbath Trip
Today is day 3 of a 5-day trip I felt the Lord lead me to plan for my two best friends and me. I think I had originally called it our “besties trip”, and it is… but I’m realizing it’s more than that. It’s a Sabbath trip. Aside from the initial planning on all our…
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Quiet Mountains
It wasn’t until this past weekend, when I was in the mountains for the first time as an adult, that I realized I’m not so much shocked by the majesty of the mountains, but the quiet of them. Sound seems to carry differently in and around the mountains, as if it swallows up the unnecessary…
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Bringing Joy (Or, How To Survive At A Higher Altitude)
This weekend I’m in Woodland Park, Colorado, at a women’s conference. Today is the last day, but now that I’m mostly over the altitude sickness, I decided to get a coffee at the beginning of the day. And then I wasn’t allowed in the auditorium because the cup doesn’t have a spill-proof lid. Whoops. So…
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