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5 brave friends and I took on the challenge of hiking Mount Washington. For all the prep work that I thought I did , I was still highly unprepared to hike this summit . Part of it was my fault -  Staying up all night, the evening before the hike*** ( story for another day about my 1st ever prayer all night Vigil...hello Jubilee church!) - general out-of-shapeness #unfit - hiking in sneakers instead of hiking boots Our journey didn't start at the foot of the mountain but instead began in Massachusetts. We carpooled and drove for about 3 hours to the Ammonosooc trail, which was our chosen trail for the hike.  Because of different logistical reasons related to the carpool we got to the trail around 11am instead of the advised 7am. Once in the parking lot, the park guide suggested we take the Jewel Trail as that will take us up the mountain quicker and down before the sun sets! He clearly didn't want to be responsible for sending a ...

I absolutely loved! reading this book. The Radical Pursuit of Rest : Escaping the Productivity Trap by John Koessler . It was a call to action. It was a gentle admonition from your favorite uncle But it was also the voice of gentle condemnation? from your boot camp instructor who's calling you out for still eating McDonald's double cheeseburger after taking his exercise class because  #youCANNOToutexerciseaBADDIET  John Koessler took no prisoners with this book. He was firing shots left and right I had to literary and figuratively duck, pause, sigh, laugh, cry and repent from all the things he mentioned of which I WAS GUILTY of perpetuating in my own faith walk. There is so much to be said about this book, the best thing I can say is, Go read it for yourself. There is an introduction and 9 chapters where he addresses different aspects of rest. Each Chapter ends with a series of discussion questions that make this book a wonderful read for ...