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Behind Body Art Students reveal intentional meaning behind their tattoos. By Jillian Joyce Chris Armienti, a senior psychology major, recently got a color tattoo on his bicep of Goofy holding balloons. He chose the popular Disney character to commemorate his grandfather’s lighthearted demeanor. His grandfather is the one who taught him how to be silly. The image serves as a creative expression of his childhood and his Christian walk, which reminds him of an adage he learned from his grandfather—happiness is not the same thing as joy. “Joy isn’t happiness,” Armienti said. “Joy is a fruit of the spirit. It’s ingrained into who we are.” Mark Wesley, a junior marketing major, approached tattooing with some apprehension. “Either I’m going to hate this, or it’s going to be great,” Wesley said. “The more [the tattoo artist] went with the needle, the more I felt liberated.” Wesley’s tattoo is of a large rosary that spans his shoul!"#$%&'!%()"$*+%,"$-"./$%-01"%23#!$4%$516(0"'(.4%7&$$03'4%&'!%-3.&-*.4%&#"% written within the tattoo. He said these words are the inverse of his deepest insecurities. This tattoo also daily reminds him to view his insecurities in a positive light. This will not be his last tattoo either. “I want to get more because I’ve seen how empowering it is,” Wesley said. Heather Chance, a freshman applied health major, got her tattoo to celebrate her heritage. The tattoo behind her ear depicts two feathers with turquoise beads, representing her Native American roots. Chance is one-eighth Navajo, and has been wanting to get the feathers tattooed years ago. This tattoo is something Chance will never regret. “I’m stoked on it!” Chance said. Craig Kochen Steven Moser, an adjunct professor at APU, teaches physical science and astronomy. Tattooed on his forearm is a red star outlined in black. His wife and sister-in-law have the same tattoo. The star commemorates the death of their dear friend Matthew who was hit by a car in 2004. The red star was Matthew’s logo, which he put on all his belongings. Moser said Matthew lived an unconventional lifestyle and brought excitement and spontaneity to their friend group. “I would have expected him to die on a 8&90':%93*3#(.(-"%311 %&%(-011 %0'%*)"%;&)&#&%!"$$"#*%3#%$39"*)0':4<%=3$"#% said. Moser said the death spurred him to consider the tattoo. “The gravity of that situation warrants something permanent,” Moser said. Megan Williamson wanted to get her tattoo in a place that could be easily covered up. She said she likes her tattoo hidden because the message is for her and not for anyone else. The Hebrew words stating “Daughter of the King” run down her ribs, forming the trunk of a tree, while the roots quote the message from Ephesians 3:17 about being established &'!%#33*"!%0'%-3>"+%,0--0&9$3'%$&0!%*)"%0!"&%31 %?"0':%6#9-.%#33*"!%0'% love has been the most prevalent theme in her life. “It’s a daily reminder that I am loved,” Williamson said. “I’m a daughter of the King and am beautiful in His eyes.” Amanda Hastings Craig Kochen
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“The hidden gem of Azusa is Pioneer Park on the corner of Sierra Madre and Dalton… There’s a stream and a gazebo. I’ve done weddings there and it’s absolutely amazing.” –Pastor Mark Carlson of First Presbyterian Church in Azusa “For me [a beautiful place in Azusa] would be the San Gabriel River. Water is precious. Where there’s water, there’s life. The river is gorgeous, very tranquil running water.” –Mayor Joe Rocha, City of Azusa “The Santa Ana bike trail starts in Azusa and goes all the way to the beach. It’s a great way to spend a Saturday, biking, running, or rollerblading.” –Kayla Reid, English major and Azusa resident
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Finding beauty in healing .!'%,#'%/-/,#1'+/-+8%-/,#""-+,,+*=%$-,!-*!()/%"#)1A-X=!/%-,=+,-/%%N-=%+"#)1-L)$-,=+,+/N#)1-7!8-=%"K-#/-+-M%+(,#7("-,=#)1A By Jillian Joyce Incapable. Broken. Weak. Defeated. These words taunted junior business major Hilary Green through her senior year of high school. Her parents made her see a counselor and she went begrudgingly. “I was really bitter,” Green said. “I thought counseling was only for people who were suicidal or have extreme problems. I thought it meant that I had issues and wasn’t capable of dealing with them.” The beginning was rough, really rough. Green said she was initially completely closed off to her counselor and felt uncomfortable telling her problems to a stranger. “I thought I already knew what she would tell me,” Green said. Slowly, she began to open up. After six months, Green saw a huge change in herself. She had anticipated an ugly scenario where a stranger would sit her down, *"--%)"#%)32%*3%6E%)"#%-01"4%&'!%*)"'%$"'!%)"#%35*%*)"%!33#+%B'$*"&!4%F#""'%2&$% $5#7#0$"!%*3%6'!%$)"%2&$%-33A0':%&*%)"#%-01"%20*)%&%'"2%7"#$7"(*0>"%?"(&5$"%31 % the questions her counselor asked and the conversations they had. Green rediscovered counseling this year at the University Counseling Center (UCC), this time with hope and enthusiasm. “Our philosophy is that no problem is too big or too small to talk with someone about,” said Bill Fiala, director of the University Counseling Center. Of these, 130 students were referred to the Community Counseling Center the top three issues students discussed were family relationships, stress, and social and interpersonal concerns. According to UCC’s satisfaction survey, 98 percent of clients said they 2"#"%$&*0$6"!%20*)%*)"0#%(35'$"-0':%"E7"#0"'("4%&'!%GG%7"#("'*%31 %(-0"'*$%$&0!% they would recommend counseling to other students. The University Counseling Center offers individual counseling and group counseling, as well as couples and premarital counseling. But wait, there’s more. The University Counseling Center is free for
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“Isaiah talks about comfort for those who mourn and giving ‘beauty for ashes.’ I think that really applies to the work of counseling,” Fiala said. “I have the privilege of walking beside people as they work through some very painful things, and I’m blown away by the courage and resilience I get to witness every day in my work.” If Hilary Green could go back in time, she would tell herself there is beauty from ashes. She said she would tell herself to not be ashamed of anything, and to be completely honest with her counselor. Green is still 23#A0':%*)#35:)%7#3?-"9$%*)#""%."&#$%&1*"#%)"#%6#$*%(35'$"-0':%0'%)0:)% school because of issues she kept from her counselor. Green said she has had to learn it is OK to not be OK. “Having another person to talk to leads to a healing process,” Green said. “They won’t make fun of you, they won’t laugh. A lot of us have pride issues to admit that we have issues.” Green said she would have told her high school self to not stop going to counseling. Instead, she wishes she had started right away her freshman year of college. Green thinks it is important to allow for time in the healing process, and to go into counseling with an open mind. She has found that the original problem may actually be tied to a deeper issue. “Even if you go in to work on your stress, you’ll end up growing in other areas as well,” Green said. Green no longer believes that counseling is for people who are weak. Joey Sagawa echoes her, and said walking through the counseling doors is a matter of building up courage, not weakness. Sagawa said counseling calls for the courage to be vulnerable. There may be !016(5-*-.%&'!%!0$(3913#*%0'% sharing weaknesses, and there is &%!"6'0*"%()&--"':"%*3%()&':0':% habitual action or emotion. “Yet, in this courageous movement toward growth, I am constantly amazed by the beauty that emerges and the healing that can take place,” Sagawa said. “To be with a student as they mourn their -3$$"$4%6'!%:#&("%13#%*)"0#%-090tations, forgiveness for their mistakes, and reconciliation in their relationships is a great privilege that I do not take for granted.”
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APU Alumnus finds beauty in the darkness of the Haiti earthquake. Trapped for 65 hours underneath the debris of the Hotel Montana, DJ5$&%I&(06(%K'0>"#$0*.%&-59'5$%L&'%,33--".%$&0!%*)&*%-0>0':%*)#35:)%*)"% Haiti earthquake was a merciful miracle of faith and grace. “It felt like I had a staring contest with death,” Woolley said. “I felt that death was minutes or hours away.” Woolley returned to the Hotel Montana a year after he had been buried beneath the rubble of the 7.0 earthquake on January 12, 2010. His soul sang of both gratefulness and sadness as he joined a family’s private memorial service held at the tremor’s epicenter in Port-Au-Prince. “It was all in French and I didn’t understand most of it,” Woolley said. “At one point they sang ‘How Great Thou Art.’ I realized I sang that exactly a year earlier while I was in the dark. It was beautiful to be able to sing to God, ‘how great thou art,’ knowing that I had seen his power save and rescue me.” You are Mine As the Interactive Strategies Director for Compassion International, Woolley’s original task was to capture footage for Compassion’s Child Survival Program in Haiti. It was his second day in Port-Au-Prince when the walls of the Hotel Montana came crashing down around him. He plunged into darkness with a broken foot, a head injury, and a leg wound. All that was left of the six-story hotel was a mountain of rubble. Surrounded by darkness, he made his way to an open elevator shaft and a staring contest with death began. In spite of his fears, Woolley described his experience as one that exceeded his physical injuries. ,0*)0'%*)"%6#$*%)35#%)"%?":&'%*3%M5"$*03'%)0$%1&0*)+ “I was concerned with what God would say to me,” Woolley said.
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“What would that encounter be like if I crossed into Heaven?” He used words like “scary,” “crisis,” and “dramatic” to describe the disaster. However, it was another three words that turned his traumatic experience into a beautiful one. “Then [God] said, ‘You are mine.’ That for me was a beautiful moment of grace,” Woolley said. It was there, in a moment of vulnerability, that Woolley admits to feeling unworthy of God’s grace. “When I called out to God, I experienced His presence with me and I felt Him reach out to me,” Woolley said. “I experienced His grace as I came to him and confessed that my heart wasn’t where it needed to be with Him.” He was able to feel comfort even in the darkness. An APU Connection The modern Apple iPhone found its way into Woolley’s story of sur>0>&-%&'!%:#&("+%%N"%5*0-0J"!%*)"%6#$*%&0!%&77-0(&*03'%3'%*)"%7)3'"%*3%*#"&*% his wounds, but found use in the phone in other ways as well. “I appreciated God’s word, and the beauty of God’s words through ).9'$O&*%3'"%*09"%B%2&$%#"&--.%6:)*0':%!"$7&0#%&'!%B%:&>"%57%&'%)35#% of battery on my phone because I just needed some encouragement,” said Woolley, who listened to the hymns on his smartphone. Sitting in a broken elevator, the lyrics of hymns like “It is Well with my Soul,” “Be Still my Soul,” and the “Lord’s Prayer” calmed his heart. The Lord’s Prayer also brought Woolley back to the years he spent singing with APU’s University Choir and Orchestra. Awaiting his rescue, another experience came to mind as he sat in the
dark elevator. Woolley connected the time he spent under the rubble to his solo experience during Walkabout as a Resident Advisor at APU. “If I remember correctly we didn’t have food and we didn’t have 2&*"#+%,&-A&?35*%2&$%(3-!+%P35%2"#"%6:)*0':%&:&0'$*%*)"%"-"9"'*$4%&'!% you had trouble sleeping alone with your thoughts and prayers,” Woolley said. “Some of that was very similar to my experience in Haiti. I had some of APU there with me, and for some reason, that stuck.” Called to Testify Woolley also found himself becoming a part of what he calls, “God’s poetry.” The survivor described his meeting with Luckson (pronounced Lukeson), a hotel employee trapped in the wreckage, as “beautiful.” “It was almost a part of God’s poetry that He would use this crisis and me to reach out to a Haitian man,” Woolley said. “That Haitian man started his journey as a Christian in the darkness, under the rubble, after our conversation together.” As a witness to the work of God in Luckson’s life, Woolley said he recognized the task ahead of him. “I’m called to testify to the Gospel and God’s work in my own life,” Woolley said. “Right now that’s telling this dramatic story of what I went through.” The earthquake survivor acknowledged that his platform was different than the average person’s might be. “It wasn’t just at a coffee shop, but it was on CNN or in an article in USA Today,” Woolley said. His amazing survival and rescue made for great headline news, but being in the public eye required some adjustment for Woolley. Before gaining the title of ‘survivor,’ Woolley was also a husband and father. At home in Colorado Springs, Colo. Woolley shared a glimpse of family life today. H,"%!"6'0*"-.%'">"#%*&A"%13#%:#&'*"!%*)&*%F3!%75*%5$%*3:"*)"#%&$%&% family, and the times we have to love each other and to work together in becoming who God wants us to be,” Woolley said. Between the pages of his book, Unshaken, Woolley recalled the way his wife, Christy, fought off negative thoughts during her battle with depression. “I remembered one particular strategy,” Woolley wrote. “She took objects—mementos from happier days, pictures and items in which she found beauty—and placed them where she could see them to remind her of God’s love for her.” He met Christy when they were both students at APU, and since *)"'%*)"0#%9&##0&:"%)&$%$""'%9&'.%!016(5-*%*09"$+%%Q5*%&$%,33--".%$&*% alone for 65 hours, the impression Christy made on him as a wife and best friend, encouraged him even in the darkness. “I think we take [family] for granted a lot less than we used to,” Woolley said. “We are very intentional in making our relationships as strong as we can.” The Rubble Remains He was trapped for nearly three days, but today Woolley looks back on his rescue with overwhelming gratitude. “I had renewed feelings of gratefulness and euphoria remembering my rescue. There I was alive as I looked at the building that was destroyed,” Woolley said. “I had sympathy for the people of Haiti. Almost everyone I encountered had suffered so much more than I had. Even if they weren’t trapped, they lost loved ones.” R3!&.%*)"%&#"&%#"$"9?-"$%93#"%31 %&%-&'!6--%*)&'%2)&*%2&$%3'("% the six-story Hotel Montana. The biggest pieces of debris have been removed, but even a year later most of the rubble is still there. It was hard for Woolley to recognize the ruins of the hotel that had once held him prisoner. “It felt like a moment of strength for me to face the things that had ?""'%$3%!016(5-*%13#%9"%*)"%7#">035$%."&#4<%$&0!%,33--".4%2)3%#"*5#'"!% for the earthquake’s one-year anniversary. “To be in Haiti, when it is still prone to earthquakes, [and] to be at the Hotel Montana where I had been trapped—it felt like an important experience.”
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By Sarah Rogers
.:;;BI<$E<H:ED<E$?<D?$:LD$D:$Y8I$L8BKL<$ As I scanned the color-coded aisles, I found gas masks, knitted bucket hats, and wigs galore. For the more practical, everyZ:?$%8C<;<?$F7?JB:8$:8$7$GLIC<D Los Angeles is one of the world’s fashion capitals, known for flowing dresses, strappy sandals, and the ever-present dark sunglasses that are on regardless of weather conditions. If you have a large inheritance or live off carrots and celery to pay for clothes, designer labels are considered a must-have for the fashion lover’s closet. For more fiscally conscious shoppers and poor college students, the fashion budget is often compromised or excluded for the sake of food and other pesky necessities. Fortunately, there’s a solution for the thin wallet: second-hand stores. “Second-hand stores” may conjure up images of dirty, torn clothing stuffed into a dimly-lit building. While such stores are plentiful in number, a second-hand store is not limited to this sad picture. A Versace dress, fancy dinner jacket, and vintage leather cowboy boots may be hidden in the realm of used clothing stores. You just have to know where to find them. For the time-savvy, money-saving shopper, I visited and reviewed some of best second-hand clothing stores in the greater Los Angeles area.
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Jet Rag: Underground Hollywood 825 N La Brea Ave Los Angeles, CA 90038 Long military-style trench coats hang from the ceiling next to 1970s-era evening dresses. Printed Hawaiian shirts from the 1950s line the racks next to the entrance. “Angelina Jolie came in shopping for kids’ clothes. I’ve seen Cameron Diaz, Christina Richie, Tori Spelling, and Gwen Stefani,” said Jet Rag’s store manager Mosco Calavera. “They come in off and on. Seth Green comes in here all the time.” According to Calavera, who has worked at the store for nine years, celebrities shop here often, likely from their wardrobe stylists’ recommendations Calavera’s favorite celebrity encounter was when he helped Will Ferrell find a fur coat. College students also visit to find pieces for costume parties. “[They come for] themed parties, like 80’s parties, 70’s parties, all-white or all-red parties,” Calavera said. “We’re really popular for trying to find crazy stuff.”
day usage, there were neatly lined shelves of men’s and women’s boots, scarves of every color and texture imaginable, and multiple rows of flannel shirts. “Here you can be more individual,,” said Calavera, who thinks people look like they’re buying uniforms when shopping at chain stores. Shirts average about $12, while jeans were approximately $14. For the brave and short of cash, Jet Rag offers a one-dollar deal every Sunday. A ton—1,000 pounds worth—of clothes priced at a dollar each are placed in the parking lot for customers to grab as they please. “People go crazy for it,” Calavera said. “It’s like hungry wolves fighting over food.” Feel up to the challenge? A thrifty fashion lover will be hard pressed to find a better deal in Los Angeles. Give + Take Swap Boutique: The Clothing ‘Library’ 200 Culver Blvd Playa Del Rey CA 90293 Use this boutique as your excuse to have a beach day. Give + Take, a fairly new
boutique located near the ocean, started in November 2009. The store’s three rooms are stocked with beautiful dresses, blouses, pants, shoes, jewelry, and purses. For a monthly fee of $25, you can bring in your gently used clothing to accumulate points and “purchase” new-to-you clothing. Owner Dora Copperthite came up with the idea for the store based on her own shopping experience. “It’s expensive and crazy,” Copperthite said. “There were pieces I loved and wore all the time. And then pieces I liked, wore a couple times and then was like ‘eh.’ I always ended up with a lot of those pieces in my closet.” As an environmentalist, Copperthite saw recycling clothing as a way to be good to the environment. “It’s not a sustainable way [to live]- to keep buying and buying and buying,” Copperthite said. “People are becoming more aware that we need to watch what we’re doing for the younger generations.” With more than 300 members, these are just a sample of women who have stocked their closets with Give + Take clothing. “Ladies like to share with each other,” Copperthite said. “People like to see something they weren’t using [being] used and loved.”
Give + Take is a private club with the monthly membership fee as the only money exchanged. Women bring in bags of clothing, which Copperthite evaluates individually and allots points to. “Red Hot” items are the expensive pieces from designers like Seven for All Mankind, True Religion, and Marc Jacobs. Women who contribute these items get first choice on other “Red Hot” clothing. Point items include an assortment of designer labels and unique boutique clothing. Items are “purchased” with the point credit collected from clothes brought in. One-for-one clothing operates like it sounds: you bring in one item and you can take another. Copperthite’s job is to make the swapping trade fair between the women. “There’s no motive for me to give someone more or less points than they really deserve,” Copperthite said. “It’s not like I’m making money off of it because I have the membership fee.” She recommends swapping twice a month to get your money’s worth from the boutique.
AdDress Boutique. Deep discounts are offered from both their new and resale items. During a sale, a large portion of the store is dedicated to racks of $20 clothing. “The wealthiest people shop resale, the smartest shoppers,” Clavin said. “That’s not to say they don’t shop at other stores too but they recognize good buys.” Prom dresses and special occasion dresses are typically what The AdDress has in stock. The boutique has been featured o shows like LIVE! with Regis and Kelly, KTLA Morning News.With this publicity and word of mouth, people travel from all over the world to shop at The AdDress. “Someone came in from Australia the other day and said a friend of hers who had been here had told her about the store,” Clavin said. “We love to hear that.” Clavin sees recycling clothing as a way of preserving the earth and passing on great fashion. “There’s a beauty of a treasure, that’s one of a kind,” Clavin said.
The AdDress Boutique: Hollywood Glamour 1116 Wilshire Blvd Santa Monica, CA 90401 Above owner Maureen Clavin’s desk is a picture of her and Bill Clinton at a small, intimate dinner party. In the office corner hangs a Valentino dress, the only one of its kind, its bodice stitched with real coral and little shells with pearls in them. A woman with strong connections, Clavin receives clothing from celebrities like Sally Field, Sharon Stone, and Meg Ryan. “That’s not what my business is primarily about,” Clavin said. “Most people who come in here are not really interested in the celebrities as much as they are the clothes. Most people come in and say, ‘Do you have any Chanel in my size?’” Don’t let big names like Chanel fool you into thinking you can’t afford The
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Imagine making a simple cup of coffee in your kitchen or dorm room. You measure out the right amount of water. You spoon a couple, or several, heaps of coffee grounds into the coffee filter. You close the lid and press the red button, letting the whirring sounds of the machine assure you that this elixir of energy is on its way. The heavy smell fills the air, making your throat tingle. You pour yourself a cup and sit back, savoring the beverage over a classic book or copy of Collide magazine. Taste good? Well, here’s the part where you stop sipping. According to some local barista experts, the average person loses about 30 percent of flavor value when it comes to home brewing. People repeat common mistakes: ignoring freshness labels, heating at low temperatures and improperly storing coffee grounds. Coffee making is a true art, involving skill, training and an eye—or taste buds—for quality flavors. Here the experts weigh in on ways to improve your average cup of “Joe” to a classy cup of “Joseph”, without the expensive technology. Heather Perry, director of training and consulting at Klatch Coffee, has been working with coffee for 15 years. Her parents opened Klatch Coffee when she was 10 years old. At 15 she jumped behind the bar, experimenting with drinks and blends. Now at age 26, Perry has a list of titles under her barista apron. She became the United States Barista Champion in 2007 and 2003. In 2007, she also scored second place in the World Barista Championships in Tokyo, Japan. Although Perry typically serves up a more complicated work of art, she encouraged students to keep it simple by purchasing some basic supplies. These include a cheap French Press and a grinder. Grinders may cost up to 50 bucks but Perry said it’s worth it, so get your roommates to pitch in. Grinding coffee in your home allows for freshness, a key ingredient to great taste. “Grinding coffee is like slicing a banana, the minute you grind it that oxidation process continues,” Perry said. “So you wouldn’t eat a banana a week after it’s been sliced, don’t drink coffee if it hasn’t been done fresh.” Perry discourages making a trip to the grocery store for grounds. Local roasters have fresher supplies. If you can’t make the trip, Perry encouraged students to grind the beans there. Consumers should also be wary of purchasing coffee that has been grounded more than 21 days ago.
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Another mistake Perry sees customers make is adding too much or too little grounds to the coffee machine. The basic rule is two tablespoons for every six ounces of water. “The easiest way to taste old coffee is that is just tastes flat,” said Perry, who experiments with flavors like rosemary and citrus. “There’s nothing lively about it, there’s no sparkle to it. You can’t pick up any flavors out of it.” Chuck Jones, vice president of Jones Coffee Roasters in Pasadena, Calif., started drinking coffee “to survive” when he was a counselor at a Boy Scout camp. At 4:30 a.m., the camp’s coffee was awful, but as he grew older and spent more time on his family’s coffee farm in Guatemala, he learned the importance of good quality. Jones, who also serves on the Specialty Coffee Association of America, said heating temperatures are key. The water should be boiling to at least 200 to 205 degrees Celsius. He advises students to invest in a Hario v 60 drip cone and a boiler that you can find at Target. Jones also is willing to educate customers at his coffee shop in Pasadena, Calif. The baristas will often perform demonstrations, where customers can bring in their own coffee grounds. Jones will make a coffee in a typical brewer and then make another pot with cheaper, alternative machinery. Jones calls this a challenge to show them what it really tastes like. “The look on their face is astounding. No one thinks of brewing as making that big of a difference,” Jones said. Classic Coffee barista, Jenae Waddell, has been working behind the bar for three years. Waddell, who is a senior international relations major at Cal Poly Pomona, said storing coffee grounds is key to establishing great taste. Coffee aficionados should store grounds in an airtight container and remember to clean their coffee machine frequently. Waddell’s final tip? Try out different coffee shops and see what catches your senses. From there, let the tasting begin!
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Let’s begin with a scenario: You have been cooped up in your room for a few days, working on a long, difficult paper. You feel anxious and antsy. You need to do something other than this homework. You decide to go for a hike and get some fresh air. There is a hike you have been meaning to do because you’ve heard there is an incredible view at the end. So you head toward the trail and begin to walk. As you come towards the end, you see a few hikers coming back down. They tell you that you are almost there. You pour water into your mouth and splash a handful onto your face. Your feet kick up dust. The pine trees thicken as you continue to walk. The sun streams through in visible lines. After a quarter of a mile more, you turn the last corner and duck under a branch. Finally, you take in your first look of the view. Your hands land on your hips as you catch your breath. You breathe in deeply. The air is fresh and cool in your lungs. You slowly walk to the edge of the massive lake. Its surface seems to be untouched as if it were glass. Trees surround the water and the silence is piercing. As you continue to look at the expanse of the landscape you are overwhelmed by its beauty, and struck by the experience. You feel tiny,
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but empowered. You feel intimate and grateful. You are reminded of who made this, and reminded of how big He is. Suddenly your assignment back home does not carry as much weight. This is just what you needed. Many of us have had this type of memorable experience. Perhaps it was at the Grand Canyon, or standing on the edge of the ocean, or overlooking a city. No matter where they have been, these experiences can be life changing. Professor of Practical Theology Michael Bruner encountered this regularly when he lived on the beach. “I used to live in Malibu. I would walk my dogs along the beach everyday,” Bruner said. “I always found myself being so comforted by the vastness of it.” Bruner believes these experiences are something we, as humans, crave. To him, it is a craving that we develop as children. “There is this sense in which my daughter just wants to be enveloped. I don’t think we ever lose that,” Bruner said. “When we are in our mother’s womb, that is our environment. Now, I think creation is in a sense like God’s womb and every once in a while we get reminders of that.”
GS Lazarus is a long-time atheist and openly denies God. Yet he has had these experiences and is left puzzled by them, describing them as intense “religious” experiences. In his article “The God Sense” on holysmoke.org, he reflects on a night in Yosemite. Lazarus wrote: “I lay by myself in a clearing beneath a sky full of stars…to lie beneath a sky like this is truly dizzying. I woke up many times during the night and each time marveled at the sky above. And each time felt a feeling of deep awe, almost a religious feeling of grandness.” However, this religious feeling contradicted everything he believed in and left him departing from the campsite confused. “I am a life long atheist who has never for a moment believed in God, or any creator. Yet there is this ‘feeling.’ It is a feeling that I think we all recognize, whether we believe in God or not, that there is something bigger than ourselves…something grand and wonderful that we are a small part of,” Lazarus wrote. Lazarus had these experiences and wrestled with his reactions to them. In Lazarus’ case, these experiences caused him to conclude, “There is a God because we can feel it so plainly!” These experiences are comforting, allowing us to rest in the fact that if God created that, then I am in safekeeping. “[It’s] recognizing that if something is responsible for that vastness, then my concerns suddenly have perspective; one way or another, they will get taken care of,” Bruner said. But Kristin Ritzau, author of A Beautiful Mess and Interim Associate Director in the Ministry and Service office, reminds us that feeling as though God will take care of us does not mean we take a seat and watch Him work. For Ritzau, it is vital to stay active. “This connection with God, for me, is a checking back into my life, not a checking out of it,” Ritzau said. In fact, Ritzau makes sure that she reignites this bond with God on a regular basis. Ritzau does not take a hike or sleep under the stars to find this. Instead, she commits one day a month to spending four hours of complete solitude with God. “People need times of pausing,” Ritzau said. “We live our lives on fast-forward and we’re always exhausted and busy, and busy is the new ‘cool.’” In her four hours of rest, Ritzau spends time reading the Bible, a poem or a prayer. Then she just rests and listens for God. For Ritzau, these times have reshaped her life.
“The first time I went kicking and screaming…and after I calmed down I just said ‘OK, God, just give me a word.’ The word I heard was acceptance. It changed my life,” Ritzau said. She has been consistently doing this practice for five years, and has no intention of stopping anytime soon. For both Bruner and Ritzau, these times must be sought out. “I think we have a responsibility to seek these experiences out, particularly because we live in a world that tries to make everything smaller and more convenient,” Bruner said. These experiences allow us to be amazed at the mystery of God. “Bigness is a tangible thing we experience that comes closest to the mystery of God,” Bruner said. These events quench a thirst in our souls that are longing to encounter something outside of our friends, work, schools or ourselves. It is good to marvel at something and breathe in the mystery. It takes the weight of our worries and brushes them off like dust. We need to be reminded that there is something more. “It is good to wonder at something,” Bruner said. “Wonder is an element of joy.”
“There is a God because we can feel it so plainly!” GS Lazarus
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