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The importance of portion control

The importance of portion control

Portion control. What it is: an understanding of how much a serving size of food is and how many calories or how much food energy a serving contains. What it ISN'T: everyone only eating one serving of things at a time according to the nutritional facts label. So what do we do with this knowledge? Well, I am glad you asked.

Forging 2016 Series: Tale One

Forging 2016 Series: Tale One

The first tale in our short series discussing the momentous achievements, struggles, and even failures we overcame and experienced on our 2016 Forging trip to Red River, NM.  Join us in this first tale as we discovered what it means to bear each other's burdens, and have our souls flourish through the struggle.

Vanity's Gift

Vanity's Gift

Fame, power, riches, strength, a name remembered,

all vanity, all meaningless.

So what then is vanity trying to whisper to us when we are quiet enough to hear? A gift.

Carpe Diem

Carpe Diem

Carpe Diem!

A buzz phrase that has become more popular in various forms in recent generations such as YOLO (You only live once). However, as to that particular form and similar others, I feel we have lost some of Carpe Diem's deeper and richer meaning. It is an understanding of the truth, that your tomorrow has yet to be seen by you, but your story of today is determined by your current actions.

Awaken oh sleepers

Awaken oh sleepers

Teenagers who scale mountains, wake up at 5 a.m. on their own accord, cook and clean their own meals, research the mysterious of God, can it really be real?  Well our superstar Seekers showed that given the tools and the opportunities, they truly can excel. Come read how in our 2016 Awakening Trip Recap.