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Pictures of Our Pacific Sunset

by Shawn May 6, 2012

We made a last minute decision to park Willie at a truck stop and take the minivan on a mini-adventure on a short stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway (the minivan feels like a sports car after driving the bus – it shall henceforth be referred to as The Silver Bullet). Being in Salinas, we [...]

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The Life of Faith: Less Sense, Added Meaning

by Shawn May 4, 2012
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I have made some very expensive transactions on this trip. Nearly everywhere we’ve gone, I’ve gained something, and I’ve left something behind. In Virginia, we gained a kind friend who treated my kids like they were his grandchildren. He built a small fire under that southern night sky for marshmallow roasting. And I left a [...]

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Change the Course of a Life: Be an Encourager

by Shawn May 3, 2012

There are plenty of completely legitimate reasons not to encourage someone. Encouragement could lead them to some kind of disastrous failure, the kind from which people do not easily recover. Then I would feel responsible and guilty. And I’m not a big fan of feeling responsible for someone else’s downfall. I enjoy feeling guilty even [...]

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The Hitchhiker in Arizona, and a Place Where Anything Could Happen

by Shawn April 30, 2012
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I meandered up to the small food shack. It was nothing more than a metal concession trailer with a plywood room somehow fastened alongside. Inside, a makeshift counter ran along the walls. Country music scratched out from an old portable radio. I had never expected Arizona to be so cold in April, but a cool [...]

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Getting Lost in New Mexico and Finding the Grand Canyon: A Journey in Photos

by Shawn April 29, 2012

             

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Rock Bottom, or Experiencing God While Emptying the Bus’s Waste Tank

by Shawn April 27, 2012

I suppose everyone has a particular way of dealing with rock bottom. Some folks eat a pint of Ben and Jerry’s “Chocolate Therapy.” Others watch 6 seasons of Lost, 10 episodes at a shot for a week or two, just to escape. For me? I always know when I’ve hit rock bottom because I go [...]

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From Tulsa to Amarillo: Large Gashes and Pools of Blood

by Shawn April 25, 2012

Driving west from Tulsa to Amarillo on a bright afternoon, you can measure the passing of time by the distance the sun travels down the bus’s massive windshield. Every hour or so I pull on the string that lowers the screen that shades my eyes from the glare. By about 7:00 pm, the screen is [...]

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