


Collide
The dawn is breaking A light shining through You’re barely waking And I’m tangled up in you Yeah When Henry David Thoreau declared “We need the tonic of wildness”, […]

Envision Festival: A positive Impression of Connected Humanity
With the world whispering today of the decay and rust of humanity, we silently offer up prayer for Paris. It’s in times like these that we must lay down our […]

Life is Beautiful, We’re in this together.
As I sit here taking in a Las Vegas sunrise, the streets are empty and a barely audible hummm penetrates the air. The music stops, yet the song still stays on […]

Be Still
There is something about man’s search for stillness. It’s a desire that is close to my heart – often. I am an introvert AND a youth minister. I am an […]

Serengeti
From Hemingway to Redford to the Disney classic ‘The Lion King’… the African Serengeti is a land that has awed and inspired many by its sheer beauty and natural splendour. […]

Mandela
Some time ago during Mandela’s administration, the IMF was staging a large, international event in Johannesburg, S. Africa. Many countries were invited to take part and challenged to create a […]

TRAVEL, BE PREPARED FOR THE CHANGES AHEAD
by ARAYA ADVENTURES Vancouver Island based, wildly adventurous, free spirited family of four 7 weeks after arriving home from our adventures in Chile we’re getting ready to pack up our bags […]

On the Road Recap Gallery
“the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, […]

Staying Is Settling: Why You Need To Move At Least 5 Times In Your Life
Time to leave now, get out of this room, go somewhere, anywhere, sharpen this feeling of happiness and freedom, stretch your limbs, fill your eyes, be awake, wider awake, vividly […]

Lush Summer, Simply.
Sometimes it really is just this simple. Clean ingredients, lovely community gathering, bright, fresh colours, take it in. To round out this beautiful succulent experience, let me introduce.. Jeremiah Bullfrog & […]

Oh Captain, My Captain
Today is the day, the day that has pulled me to Africa. For six months I had been preparing to hike in South America, that was my travel direction; that […]

Can’t sleep.
I’ve been laying here for a few hours looking up at random star constellations that I don’t recognize, that’s strange for me as I’ve spent my entire life looking up, […]