I just realized that this blog has been up for almost two months. It feels pretty good to have three links over in the archives sidebar. Hopefully this is the beginning of a decent site. As many of you know, I grew up in DC… well, not actually in DC. I grew up in Falls Church, Virginia, which is a suburb of DC just across the Potomac river on the Virginia side. Since I came to college, I have been home only once for a few days. That trip was really just to go to the March for Life. However, I’m leaving today to spend the next four days in DC. To be honest, I really don’t like spending much time in DC. This isn’t because I don’t like my family; I see them all the time, since they come to Kentucky so often. I simply don’t like the feel of the place. (more…)

Sartre said hell was other people. I tend to think that hell is myself. It is so easy to fall into the pit of ‘me’. I’ve been a little frustrated lately because it seems like all my thoughts and feelings revolve around myself. This certainly isn’t how Jesus lived. I want to have a real heart for other people and love them unconditionally, but I can only seem to think about myself. This is a bit of a vicious cycle because the more you think about how you can change yourself to love other people you end up just thinking about your own problem. There is no way that I can free my mind from its narcissistic trap. Only Jesus is able to free us from ourselves, and that is exactly what he does. (more…)