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Emmaus Road: September 2008
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008. Stranger in a Strange Land. Quickly, a few notes about the people and things that make my life what it is:. Me: No you killed my queen one move after I killed your king, therefore I win. Me: Read the back of the box, those are the rules. Dabin: No I kill queen so I ween! Me (beginning to become annoyed): Listen, if you don’t want to play by the rules, then I won’t play anymore. You play my rules! Me: No, you are not winner, you are cheater! Principal (after several seconds)...
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Emmaus Road: Boring Men, Lions, and Marriage
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Saturday, July 3, 2010. Boring Men, Lions, and Marriage. When you are young these things leave impressions, and its hard to erase these early ideas of what married men are like. I shouldnt be this excited that youve posted again, but I am - and on such a sweet topic too. Im glad youre feeling a little better about this endeavor than you did back in December. So youll be at Penn State? Please tell me youll be coming to NYC every once in a while. Needless to say, you have a place to stay if you need it.
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Emmaus Road: October 2008
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Monday, October 13, 2008. What kids have taught me. The second story I that stands out is a lesson I implemented last week, and remains one of my favorite lessons of the semester. The lesson was about story, and each group in the class was to assemble a series of 6 pictures in any order they pleased and write a sentence per picture telling a story, which they would then read to the class. The pictures were these:. I'm not Glen, I'm not Jesus, I'm Jon. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Follow me on Twitter.
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Emmaus Road: Of Mystics, Memories, and Futures
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009. Of Mystics, Memories, and Futures. In his book Saints and Madmen. After 13 months of living in a foreign country and being blessed beyond what I dreamed, I am flying back to America tomorrow. I am entering that crucial time of reflection, an attempt to understand what all this has meant, what it means, and what it will mean. Thus far I know only one thing: if I am to fall into one of two camps, let it be that of the mystic. Although it's picture will no doubt be abstract.).
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Emmaus Road: June 2009
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Sunday, June 21, 2009. Korean Yodelers, and Indian Musicals: Life with a new family. 8221; It doesn’t matter that I met him four days ago, and it doesn’t matter that I’ve repeated this phrase four times already today, but I obediently smile, nod, and respond, “it’s nice to meet you too.”. Homestay Mom (HM): Jon, do you like this movie? Me: Yes, only maybe it is hard to understand. HM (shocked at what I’ve said): Really? Why hard to understand? HM: Hmmm, maybe. I would rather light myself on fire and jump...
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Emmaus Road: Awakenings, or, Live, Love, and Leave
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Friday, July 3, 2009. Awakenings, or, Live, Love, and Leave. I will be honest with you; I am a bit of a sentimentalist. I enjoy reminiscing and thinking and learning and really searching through the pages of my recent history. So I beg your forgiveness in advance as I indulge with relish in this weakness of mine. Moments like that I’ve found are hard to replicate. They are endemic of the comfort I now feel living in Korea, a comfort that has taken a while to achieve, but I now feel deeply. I like to move.
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Emmaus Road: March 2009
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Saturday, March 28, 2009. Of ignorance, respobsibility, and men's bathrooms. It’s the weekend and I find myself in a funny kind of limbo, awaiting with some trepidation the oncoming week, yet doing so with a book in hand and the aroma of Kenyan Coffee around me. Where would I be without coffee shops? A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor. – Les Miserables. But before I go further, let me say something outrageous. I think ignoranc...
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Emmaus Road: April 2009
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Friday, April 17, 2009. 8220;Then came April…Nature in that month sheds rays of enchanted light which, from the sky and the clouds, from trees, meadows, and flowers, pierce to the heart of man.” – Les Miserables. It goes beyond simple transformation, I think the proper word might be birth. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Follow me on Twitter. G K Chesterton, Orthodoxy. My Trip Around the World. I have a lot of friends. I like to go pretty places. I like to move. I live in a beautiful place. A Million Miles i...
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Emmaus Road: May 2009
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Friday, May 22, 2009. I came to a startling realization about a week ago. This year long adventure has reached its last two months, and I am going to fly home and leave Korea, leave this culture, its people, its beauty. Thus, I have recently endeavored to enjoy the finer things that Korea has to offer, and I thought I would tell you about a few of my favorites. Step One, dig the top layer of sand away. Mr Jo and I: Clam Hunters. So these are a few of the ways that I have been trying to enjoy Korea, to so...
