At Belmont University, it’s that time of year when every college student who hopes or is even just curious to take a look into the world of being Greek. It’s Recruitment Season. And as both a former college student and administrator, I know what this means for such a unique and special community of students...
September 3, 3:30 AM. Mather Campground. I awake more alert than clearly seems possible. We’d spent the previous evening, our last night “in civilization”, enjoying a small campfire, a couple of Sierra Nevada Tumblers (not much at all, really, because who wants to dehydrate themselves the night before they’re hiking DOWN THE GRAND CANYON?), and...
BNA > LAS > PHX. Our adventure began with our departure from Nashville, a layover in Vegas, and a night in Phoenix. Phoenix, Arizona: this arid, vibrant and beautiful community we just breezed through (but not without partaking in a little In-n-Out and REI breaks) on our way to Grand Canyon. Cacti and palms as...
One knows their smallness in an infinite universe when they’ve stood at the rim of the Grand Canyon. When they’ve trekked to the bottom and back out? Well, their smallness has been taken to an entirely new level. Returning from this trip has required a sort of recovery period; nothing fits, anymore. And the conundrum...
Over the course of the last handful of months, I’ve doctored this silly little design a couple of times to reflect updates in exciting news. Getting a permit. Adding team members. And now, actually going. This journey is several years in the making in our hearts, and almost a year in the making in actuality....
