August 2009
1 post
experience...
“It is not necessary for the inexperienced to seek a reason in order to understand at the beginning, but rather he will never have a reason before he has tried the experiment” - Roger Bacon on Experimental Science
Has the church forgotten that undersatnding comes through experience? Or have we just formulated arguements toward attainable facts…
Now for some context: 1268. Holy...
July 2009
1 post
identity
i leave for Miami in two days. and god has been really tugging on my heart about this trip. for me, it seems like i always tend to lose myself when i go on a trip like this. and thats not always a bad thing. but everytime i get caught up in the incredible moments and experiences, it seems that almost instantly they fade. its like that first hill on your first rollercoaster, it grabs you and shakes...
June 2009
10 posts
its not about right vs. wrong...
so i was on YouTube today (yes, im basically a YouTube junkie), and i stumbled upon some videos arguing why god doesnt exist, and then other videos refuting that opinion, attempting to prove that god really DOES exist.
For example: There was a video called “10 Questions Every Intelligent Christian Must Answer”, basically proposing questions that were formulated to denounce the...
emptiness.
“it is my duty, out of my emptiness, to reach for the fullness of Christ…” -Puritan prayer
Lately, ive been experiencing a dullness in my relationship with jesus. It feels like he’s lost importance and passion in my life, almost to the point where prayer repels me; like its an essential and vital part of my life that i continue to ignore because i have no...
arrggh...
im really frustrated today. i hate being idle and i hate being complacent. i want that feeling of hope and anticiaption when god moves. god move me.
weiss
failure.
Question that i was asked yesterday:
If it was impossible to fail, what would you attempt? I said “fly”. My guess is that alot of people would answer something as surface as that. But, i guess if i searched deeper… i would reach for god with my whole soul and life. But i dont believe that it would be the actual attempt of intimate connection with god that i...
And so it begins...
Im Ryan Weiss. Im 16. I wonder where we will journey to…
Weiss.
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