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March 25, 2015 by KristianThePilgrim
I just stumbled upon this chapter I wrote exactly 5 years ago today. There are a lot of …
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February 13, 2015 by KristianThePilgrim
Recently my mom and I were having a conversation about the possibility of me getting involved in a new church …
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| Tags: Bitterness, burn out, buzzwords, christianity, church, community, crippled, exhaustion, God, good news, gospel, inclusion, institutions, jaded, Jesus, judgement, ministry, pastors, relevance, religion, religiousity, Spirituality, wounds
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June 14, 2014 by KristianThePilgrim
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January 11, 2014 by KristianThePilgrim
Every new year tends to follow a “theme”, if you will… Especially among Christian circles. It was “divine” in 2009, …
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| Tags: 2013, abilities, affirmation, alone, breakthrough, budget, character, christ, christian, clutter, community, confidence, Daniel, Daniel 10, daniel's fast, discipline, divine, dreams, emotions, encourage, exploration, extrovert, extroverted, failure, fasting, friends, goals, God, god provides, good, happy, healthy, heaven, identity, identity in Christ, improvement, inside out, Jesus, junk, know yourself, learning, loneliness, Lord, mapping, mess, Minnesota, money, move forward, New year, nomad, organization, organize, organizing life, peace, people person, personality, prayer, productivity, provision, rest, routine, security, stewardship, strengths, stress, structure, surrender, theme, thriving, travel, trust, weaknesses
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January 4, 2014 by KristianThePilgrim
One of my most favorite activities is visiting the various gatherings of brothers and sisters in Christ, and learning from …
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| Tags: accessible, christ, christianity, church, come all ye weary, communion, concerned, consumerism, creator, credibility, culture, deceive, discourage, encourage, find, flashy, freedom, Gathering, God, gospel, healing, holy spirit, impotence, jaded, Jesus, judgement, knock, lattes, Lord, marketing, power, pride, relevant, resurrection, seek, seeker sensitive, self gratification, travel, trick, watering down, worship
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January 2, 2014 by KristianThePilgrim
2013 was probably the worst year of my life so far…. Littered with many tragedies that I’d rather not rehash …
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| Tags: 2013, 2024, adventure, anxiety, apathetic, apostle, apostolic calling, being alone, blessing, brothers, budget, burdens, car, creativity, cry, dream, failure, family, fear, finances, flexibility, forgiveness, freedom, friends, globe, gospel, grace, growing, hobbies, holy spirit, Jesus, job, justice, laugh, lifting burdens, maturing, mercy, music, mystic, new friends, New year, overjoyed, overwhelmed, pain, peace, prayer, prayer life, present, relaxed, settlers, sisters, solitude, stressed, Thankfulness, The Lord, today, transformation, travel, troubles, trust God, wandered, writing
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December 28, 2013 by KristianThePilgrim
I don’t write like this often, or ever… But it came to me and here it is. A short story …
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| Tags: agony, cathedral, christianity, church, comfort, compassion, falseness, fire, flames, glory, God, grace, holy spirit, hope, humility, hypocrisy, light, love, pride, remedy, return, short story, sorrow, tenderness, truth, Victory
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October 30, 2013 by KristianThePilgrim
When will we have OUR time? We’ve had the Flappers of the 1920’s, jazz babies of the 1930’s, bobby soxers …
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| Tags: 1955, 2000's, age, American, anthropology, apathy, art, beatniks, bobby soxers, cry cry cry, culture, dubstep, era, expression, fashion, flappers, folklore, generation, greasers, hippies, identity, imagination, inspiration, jazz babies, Johnny cash, legacy, music, noise, October, originality, pop, pop music charts, prototypes, remembered, rhythm, Solomon, speed, story, technology, tempo, themed party, Time
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October 5, 2013 by KristianThePilgrim
Luke 4:24 ‘And He said, “Truly I say to you, no prophet is welcome in his hometown.”‘ Yesterday I was …
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| Tags: anticipation, biscuits and gravy, brother in Christ, christ's return, christianity, darkness, Denny's, east, empty lamps, end times, God's goodness, hitchhiker, Hitchhiking, holy spirit, hope, humanity, I-40, illumination, image bearers, interstate 40, Jesus, John the baptist, Lawrence Kansas, light, light of the world, listening, Luke 4:24, Matthew 25, messenger, mewithoutyou, oil, On The Road, pilgrimage, prayer, prepare the way, prophets, revelation, saints, sleeping, sovereignty, stranger, travel
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September 26, 2013 by KristianThePilgrim
Proverbs 16:9 ESV “The heart of man plans his way, but the LORD establishes his steps…” Our Pilgrimage on the …
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| Tags: brother, christianity, compassion, discouragement, faith, fire, God, Jesus, journey, knees, pilgrimage, sovereignty, superior trail, travel, water, weakness