Id rather be a forest than a street, id rather feel the earth beneath my feet

Lately iv heard the phrase
"what are you planning on doing with your life?"
thrown around alot. and especially being in YWAM. i get this question alot more than most (being a non profit organization, i dont get paid, so surely i cant live like this forever right?......right???)
Well iv been thinking alot about what it means to " do something with your life" and ive come to a short list of things i can answer with. maybe not the answer they want. but a response i am happy with none the less

so w… Continue

Oh! What an adventure!

A couple days ago a group of 5 staff and 12 youthstreet crew just got home from the trip no one could have said they expected.
For the last 3 years we have been running a camp called " Deeper " the aim is exactly that. To go deeper with God in a real, passionate. and intense way

This year our trip started out by driving nearly 20 hours overnight in a 20 person bus, And with many pitstops and silly songs later we reached our destination of Easterfest in Toowoomba ( former… Continue

Desperation......This topic really has seemed to come up alot lately. at Youthstreet, Church, Staff Meeting and now my quiet time. So this gave me a desire to outwardly prossess all thats been going on in my head.

The main point I was challenged with is, are we REALLY desperate for Jesus, are we so Desperate for a relationship with God that everything but spending time with him seems dull and mundane and you cant even fathom choosing something else over a good, quality hang out time with Jesus.… Continue

"We have forgotten the importance of passion, and traded it for reason and life plans that have nothing to do with how God made us and everything to do with what society expects from us..." - Lis Grozell

Lately i've had alot of time to think to say the least...
i have found peace and quiet and peice of mind in townsville streets of all places. its suprising of how close a refuge is amongst the constant noise.
And if you know me. If I have alot of time to think. I start learning th… Continue

its true that those we meet can change us, sometimes so profoundly that we are not the same afterwards.


I woke up today without that 5 million pound boulder of stress on my chest , aside from being ridiculously tired i felt pretty alright, by the time my morning brain wore off from a short morning nap on the couch 5 minutes after i woke up. I thought,

you know what? I'm just going to let today be today, I'm going to wake up this morning with a smile on my face, look in the mirror brush my tee… Continue