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Author: Nathan Chapman
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780736907064
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChapman explores the many parallels between walking with God and walking in the outdoors in this collection of devotional meditations. He draws on personal experiences that can resonate with both seasoned trekkers and casual hikers.
Author: Paul Stutzman
Publisher: Baker Books
Published: 2012-03-12
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 0800720539
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith breathtaking descriptions and humorous anecdotes from his 2,176-mile journey along the Appalachian Trail, Paul Stutzman reveals how immersing himself in nature and befriending fellow hikers helped him recover from a devastating loss.
Author: Charles Anderson
Publisher: Winepress Pub
Published: 2011-02
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781606150207
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHere is the story of a 5,000,000-step journey of faith and determination! Beyond My Limits is not only the story of Charles Anderson's mission to section-hike the entire Appalachian Trail from Springer Mountain, Georgia, to Mount Katahdin, Maine, but also to share Christ with his fellow hikers in hostels, shelters, on the trail, or wherever he found them. As he touched others' lives along the way with a message of hope and salvation, a personal inner journey took place. Trusting, obeying, believing, and worshiping God in the beauty and challenges of the wilderness rewarded him with moments of astounding joy and a deepened relationship with his Creator. The overriding message of our culture is to take the easy road, stay within our comfort zones, and avoid risk. But God calls Christians to venture by faith beyond comfort and ease so that they can experience the amazing purposes God has for their lives. This exciting account of the author's epic 2,160-mile journey of determination and faith will introduce readers to a world of adventure on the Appalachian Trail. It will inspire them to take up that challenging mission to which God is calling them -- "beyond their limits." - Publisher.
Author: Mark Stephen Taylor
Publisher: Xulon Press
Published: 2009-02
Total Pages: 334
ISBN-13: 1607914077
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe desire to know God is universal-we want to understand our connection. Have you ever hiked the high mountains or explored the deserts of the American southwest? Have you wandered inquisitively through a thick forest, or just sat down beside a rushing stream? Have you pondered the intricate design of a flower or discovered the water canals in a single blade of grass? Have you considered the majesty of the birds or the way of the animals? The greatest Artist in all the universe created each of these things. They know the Artist and can teach you how deeply He cares for you as a human being. You are about to embark on an illuminating journey in the company of author Mark Stephen Taylor. A former California police officer, educated in criminal psychology, geology, and now a Biblical teacher and counselor, Mark offers us unique insights into the profound attributes of God, through His creation. He also enlightens us, with intense honesty, regarding who we are, what we are, and where we're going. He helps us to understand our purpose in life. Through his own autobiography He hikes us over a diversity of terrain, allowing us to make personal discoveries beyond any expectation. Hiking the Trail of Truth is the adventure of a lifetime. If you have what it takes to endure the journey it will be remarkably well worth your time. Whether you are an artist, a scientist, a doctor, a lawyer, a teacher, a preacher, an executive, an office worker or a laborer of any kind-no matter what your calling in life-you will be both physically and spiritually nourished by this hike. Do you enjoy hiking? Well, what are you waiting for? Come along-let's do it! Summary by Sandra M. Eisenhower, Artist, Petaluma, CA.
Author: Earl Victor Shaffer
Publisher:
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780917953842
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe author's account of his four-month hike in 1948 of the entire length of the Appalachian Trail.
Author: Adrienne Hall
Publisher: Appalachian Mountain Club
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHiking 2,159 miles from Georgia to Maine was not my idea...I was not a lost youth searching for an identity. I was not retired and looking for a new way to spend my time. I was not sorting through death or divorce. I was not recently fired from a job. The truth is, my boyfriend asked me on a date. So begins the story of one young woman's journey along the legendary Appalachian Trail. What starts as a date turns into the experience of a lifetime as Adrienne Hall faces blinding snowstorms, flooded rivers, and seemingly endless mountaintops. Yet despite the physical and mental hardships, she finds her commitment to her hiking companion and the AT experience growing with every mile. When she emerges from her trip - a million footsteps, countless candy bars, and one engagement proposal later - Adrienne has lived an adventure that few will ever know. Written with warmth, insight, and a keen sense of observation, A Journey North is a personal story about discovering what it means to hike the amazing corridor of wilderness that is the Appalachian Trail. (6 x 9 1/4, 224 pages, case bound)
Author: Linda Jane Niedfeldt
Publisher: Xulon Press
Published: 2020-04-25
Total Pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9781631290336
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPsalms in My Backpack is a memoir of our family hiking 262 miles of the Appalachian Trail (AT)--without cell phones--and surviving.Here I am on the AT, weighed down by my 35-pound backpack. In 1990, hiking the AT was meant to be a fun adventure. But as our family of six lugged overstuffed backpacks, we weren't always having fun.We carried burdens heavier than our packs as we scaled rocky cliffs or cowered in raging storms. Sometimes we leaped over poisonous snakes and suffered from thirst and hunger.But even in desperate times, we trusted that God would provide safety and peace. Our trust is expressed in Psalm verses that introduce each of the 154 vignettes. Original photos and pencil drawings complete the tale.Told from a mom's perspective, the story appeals to adventurous moms--and dads--backpackers and wanna-be-hikers.As you read, you might think the risks of the AT were too extreme. Maybe you'll admire us or scorn us. Maybe our adventure will encourage you or discourage you from backpacking. Whatever your reaction, I'm confident this story will entertain and transform you. Linda Jane "Janie" Niedfeldt is an outdoorsy, small-town gal. After college, marriage, and four children, she dabbled at teaching but focused on writing. Niedfeldt wrote two children's historical fiction books, then dozens of newspaper stories and a few national magazine articles. In 1995, she and her husband Tom started a travel business, taking her small-town life perspective to more than 75 countries. Now in retirement, she's written two more children's novels and her first memoir, Psalms in My Backpack.
Author: Tim Cope
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2013-01-01
Total Pages: 529
ISBN-13: 1408825058
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe personal tale of an Australian adventurer's tragedy and triumph that is packed with historical insights. On the Trail of Genghis Khan is at once a celebration of and an elegy for an ancient way of life. Supported by an epic Australian and New Zealand Tour.
Author: Terry L Paulson, PhD
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: 2021-05-02
Total Pages: 70
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis Christian hiking devotional allows you to take God with you every time you take to the trails. This series of sixty short devotionals is designed to be used by individuals and groups to nurture their faith while enjoying nature and the hiking experience. Dr. Paulson used to conduct COPE Wilderness Workshops in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Now, a bit older and wiser, he leads the Heavenly Hiking Fellowship into the Santa Monica Mountains for New Hope Lutheran Church in Agoura Hills, CA. Doing so has once again allowed him to fall in love with hiking as an exercise and a way to draw closer to God and his fellow hikers. There is no better place than an open-air cathedral of trees and blue skies to invite God's presence into your day. Take this devotional with you whether alone or with other believers. Take a moment to read a devotion and to ask for prayer requests. Spend time in quiet meditation after listening for God's words for you today. Take time to pray and draw closer to your Lord. Whatever you take to the hills, never forget to take God along on your hike. Return to this reader-friendly devotional over and over again to find new ways to make your hiking a growth in grace.
Author: Belden C. Lane
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2014-11-12
Total Pages: 287
ISBN-13: 0199927812
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCarrying only basic camping equipment and a collection of the world's great spiritual writings, Belden C. Lane embarks on solitary spiritual treks through the Ozarks and across the American Southwest. For companions, he has only such teachers as Rumi, John of the Cross, Hildegard of Bingen, Dag Hammarskjöld, and Thomas Merton, and as he walks, he engages their writings with the natural wonders he encounters--Bell Mountain Wilderness with Søren Kierkegaard, Moonshine Hollow with Thich Nhat Hanh--demonstrating how being alone in the wild opens a rare view onto one's interior landscape, and how the saints' writings reveal the divine in nature. The discipline of backpacking, Lane shows, is a metaphor for a spiritual journey. Just as the wilderness offered revelations to the early Desert Christians, backpacking hones crucial spiritual skills: paying attention, traveling light, practicing silence, and exercising wonder. Lane engages the practice not only with a wide range of spiritual writings--Celtic, Catholic, Protestant, Buddhist, Hindu, and Sufi Muslim--but with the fascination of other lovers of the backcountry, from John Muir and Ed Abbey to Bill Plotkin and Cheryl Strayed. In this intimate and down-to-earth narrative, backpacking is shown to be a spiritual practice that allows the discovery of God amidst the beauty and unexpected terrors of nature. Adoration, Lane suggests, is the most appropriate human response to what we cannot explain, but have nonetheless learned to love. An enchanting narrative for Christians of all denominations, Backpacking with the Saints is an inspiring exploration of how solitude, simplicity, and mindfulness are illuminated and encouraged by the discipline of backcountry wandering, and of how the wilderness itself becomes a way of knowing-an ecology of the soul.
