posted 3 hours ago
Melissa, hello! I'm a seminary graduate, 2nd, and a Christian disciple first!
I admire your understanding of being "present" as a part of being a Christian. The mind is the battlefield of the spiritual battles we fight against - we dont fight people! :)
Where have you traveled? Favorite place visited? Like to visit someday?
What part of the world are you in?
I'm a 44 year old Texan, east of Dallas, off grid 11 years now (solar power!) on a 1 acre homestead I built myself ground up! I lived in Colorado for a year and Guatemala for two years, and have visited 31 unique countries, some many many times, and 5 of 7 continents so far. The older I get, the more I realize there is no place like home. I'd like to build another place on more land someplace else, in the next few years. I always imagined I would finish this one with a wife but that never happened.
Ive never been married nor had kids, but ive always hoped for a family of my own someday. But life is a gift, even as a single man. I'm blessed beyond measure and God has been my constant companion through the highs and lows.
I found a nice church near me that has some simple life people in it too rather than the mega church lifestyle most common in the Dallas area (I'm due east of Dallas 40 miles or so in the woods). Texas is a great place for this lifestyle but its growing fast too. (Part of why I want to build a new place in a less populated area since the area around me is growing so fast!)
But I Still see deer and wildlife and hear the lions and big cats roaring in the big cat sanctuary a mile through the woods from my house which is pretty amazing.
Tell us about where you are and where you'd like to be and post a picture. Did you grow up in church? Any particular denomination?
I wish you all the best!
BJ Murrey
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