Man! It’s been a year, that’s for sure. It seems as if I’m finally starting to coagulate it into something tangible. It’s been a blur at times, and full of clarity others. That’s how it is though, isn’t it?
Like I’ll Never Be Free.
Sitting at the desk in our office here in SF, I had a striking revelation that I had never fully realized. I realized when I think about who I want to marry, I don’t think about how our marriage would be; I think about how it’ll be after the inevitable point where I shatter, and we live in dissidence till the end of our days. Never before now have I realized how deep the effect of my parents’ marriage on my life.
Seems like T-minus 3 hours till flight to SF; enjoying some chai and computer time. (Taken with picplz at Alterra Coffee - Concourse D (MKE) in Milwaukee, WI.)
I crushed a bottle into sand And threw it into the ocean Hoping that someday If I never met you That it would wash up by your feet As you frolicked on a summer beach. That even if you never thought of me I was still there.
The Green Wall of China
In 1978, a project in The People’s Republic of China called the Green Wall of China was begun to cease the spreading of the Gobi Desert. China has seen 1,290 square miles overtaken by the Gobi Desert every year. The storms caused over this desert each year rip off over 900 square miles of top soil, and effect countries beyond China including North & South Korea and Japan. The project, which is planned to plant 2,800 miles of man-planted forest strips to prevent the spread of the desert, is planned to be finished on 2050. That means that the whole continuance of the project will last 72 years. In those years, I would estimate that perhaps 92,880 square miles of land will be destroyed and consumed by the Gobi Desert.
Liberation.
So, I’ve ceased to link my Tumblr with facebook as of this last post. So from here out, only people on Tumblr, or with the link (or RSS, or many other ways I suppose) will see my posts.
Missin’ These Times.
Never sure what to do in these kinds of seasons. I feel like I’ve somehow slipped back into my years of teen angst. Renewed feelings of inability to express the way I feel; inside, about life, about beauty.
Smalllittlethoughts: Christianity & Homosexuality
Just thought of a little tidbit. Like, a half thought. For anyone who comes against dilema in thought of Homosexuality in Christian environments:
As a parent, if your child coming to you to tell you that they’re gay is the first you’re hearing it or the first you talk about it, wasn’t there maybe something wrong going on a bit before that point?
One Year.
So yeah, it’s official. It’s been one year since I began staffing at YWAM San Francisco. October 31st, 2010 I arrived in SFO and San Francisco to seek out the task God had for me in the City by the Bay. It’s been one of the most stretching experiences of my life this past year. I’ve been tested in my faith, in my ability to live as an adult, in my ability to manage time, in my ability as a leader, in getting closer to God amid ministry and activity, it goes on and on.
About me
Hello. This is Jon Owen.I am a missionary, working with Youth With A Mission (YWAM) San Francisco. This is my personal blog where I keep all my deeper thoughts; things I share with a world with a concerning heart, and loving eye.
