Fighting Lions: Distant Reflections

Fighting Lions: Distant Reflections: I haven't had as much time to process this vision quest, and in all honesty, I've had a lot more to process in the 7ish months since...

Fighting Lions: Initial Reflections

Fighting Lions: Initial Reflections: Below is what I wrote in my journal about a month and a half after my quest. Vision Quest 2017 Reflection (9/4/17) This trip did not go ...

Fighting Lions: Quest Conclusion

Fighting Lions: Quest Conclusion: As I stood up, packed up my notes, and slung my pack over my shoulders, God spoke to my spirit again, "That's it for now, we're...

Fighting Lions: Reflecting in the Woods

Fighting Lions: Reflecting in the Woods: I really had no plan at this point, I was just walking the trails in the area waiting for God to speak. I was headed in the direction that G...

Fighting Lions: Not as Planned

Fighting Lions: Not as Planned: God had met me in the woods yet again, speaking exactly what I needed to hear. Nothing about this weekend had gone according to plan, but I ...

Fighting Lions: Speaking to My Heart

Fighting Lions: Speaking to My Heart: I hiked along the trail, thinking about a couple Bible verses, and how they might apply to the experiences I had had with this vision quest....

Fighting Lions: Not What I Was Thinking

Fighting Lions: Not What I Was Thinking: As I was walking along a trail I've hiked less than half a dozen times, my mind began to think about the past twelve hours. I had tried ...

Fighting Lions: Early Morning in the Woods

Fighting Lions: Early Morning in the Woods: My alarm went off, I got up and dressed, and then headed back to the woods. It was dark as I was driving, and the sun had just barely begun ...

Fighting Lions: Different Sleeping Arrangements

Fighting Lions: Different Sleeping Arrangements: As we began to drive back to his house, my friend and I began talking about the process I was undertaking with this vision quest. He's w...

Fighting Lions: Now What?

Fighting Lions: Now What?: I walked back and forth in the woods for I don't know how long, but no where near as long as I thought. I'm intelligent enough to kn...

Fighting Lions: Nighttime in the Woods

Fighting Lions: Nighttime in the Woods: One thing about me is I'm very big on plans. Jeremy (one of my brothers from Pr.18.24 if you're unfamiliar with that blog) got me to...

Fighting Lions: Going Back to the Woods

Fighting Lions: Going Back to the Woods: It had been almost a year since my vision quest, and a lot had happened in that time. I had completed my first master's degree, and was ...

Fighting Lions: Distant Reflections

Fighting Lions: Distant Reflections: In all honesty, I haven't looked at the cards form my first vision quest since I initially wrote them out. When I wrote those words from...

Pr. 18.24: Band-aid on a Bear Mauling, by Will

Pr. 18.24: Band-aid on a Bear Mauling, by Will: I've been hesitant to write this post, simply because of the nature of it. I'm not afraid or ashamed to say what I'm about to sa...

Fighting Lions: Initial Reflections

Fighting Lions: Initial Reflections: My 24ish hours in the woods gave me a lot to think about. I realized some things about myself that I had never grasped before, and the reali...

Pr. 18.24: Proud Dad Moment, by Will

Pr. 18.24: Proud Dad Moment, by Will: I'm not a big fan of winter. In the past few years I've realized that hiking doesn't have to end when it gets cold and snow cove...

Fighting Lions: Quest Conclusion

Fighting Lions: Quest Conclusion: Looking back over my index card notes, it's clear to me that I really didn't get the concept of surrendering at that time. In all ho...

Fighting Lions: Surrendering Someday

Fighting Lions: Surrendering Someday: The reality of what I had just written is a bit difficult to admit, but that is the way I used to think. My entire life I have had responsib...

Fighting Lions: Entitled to Someday

Fighting Lions: Entitled to Someday: After a few more minutes of processing the realities that had been revealed to me, I got up and started walking again. The trail I was walki...

Fighting Lions: Waiting for Someday

Fighting Lions: Waiting for Someday: I sat on that bench, watching the light begin to break through the trees, and realized that all of my life was being lived for someday. I wa...

Fighting Lions: Living for Someday

Fighting Lions: Living for Someday: I typically don't sleep very well in the woods, I don't go camping for the sleep, but that night was the worst sleep I've ever h...

Pr. 18.24: Saying No, by Will

Pr. 18.24: Saying No, by Will: I have a lot on my plate at the moment. School, work, tutoring, being a dad, planning for the future, and pursuing a new opportunity, it all...

Fighting Lions: What am I doing this for?

Fighting Lions: What am I doing this for?: It was a Friday night in late August 2016, my lightly packed Camelbak was loaded with the minimal gear, and the rain had stopped, but there ...

Fighting Lions: The Beginning of a Journey

Fighting Lions: The Beginning of a Journey: In the summer of 2016 I was challenged to do an experiment. I had mentioned the idea of being stranded in the woods, with limited equipment,...

Pr. 18.24: What will you choose?, by Ryan

Pr. 18.24: What will you choose?, by Ryan: I was fortunate enough to attend a number of (four I think) Promise Keeper (PK) conferences in my pre-teen and early teenage years. I really...