HeyJaredPaddle Pilgrim
Adventurer, author, filmmaker, podcaster, and speaker David Ellingson explores life, relationships, and spirit on a journey toward understanding, growth, and wisdom
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HOPE (opens the original)
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Do you need some hope in these troubled times? How about a bit of good news.Let me tell you about a group of young people whose goal is to make the world a better place.When I retired from teaching, I preferred calling it my 3rd Act, a group of my students and faculty colleagues created a scholarship in my name. It was called the DE Scholarship for Environmental Studies, because my favorite class was Environmental Ethics. Applying our class imagination, we created a Rooftop Garden and Children’s
Bon Appetit (opens the original)
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I usually avoid malls. Too many stores, people, choices. I get a headache.Yesterday, however, was different. The friend who cuts my hair is near the mall and I had an extra hour, so I decided to take my exercise walk in the mall. All the same reactions came flooding in as I strolled from Nordstroms to Pennys, the two anchors on either end of the structure. I was overwhelmed and then turned off by the excessive consumerism but also tempted by a candy store. An athletic shoe store drew me in for a
Creation (opens the original)
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Caring for CreationCreation Care Month is celebrated globally as the Season of Creation, beginning on September 1, the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, and concludes on October 4, the Feast of Saint Francis of AssisiI have no doubt that my love for being outdoors is part of my Norwegian and Viking heritage. In Norway it’s called “Friluftstliv” or fresh-air-l
Retired? (opens the original)
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Soul Food (opens the original)
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