Big Butter Christ Crucified: Is it okay to laugh at someone’s sincerely held beliefs?
You shouldn't laugh at people's religious beliefs, but if you were hurt by them I couldn't blame you.
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Tim Mathis
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Stating your intentions is the first step: Birthing Travel, the PCT, and the dream life
The first step on the Pacific Crest Trail, for me, happened on the internet. Big life decisions are like that.
Tim Mathis
- 5 min
I Hope I Was Wrong About Eternal Damnation and how I feel about that.
An introduction to what I hope will be the funniest book you've read about losing faith in God.
Tim Mathis
- 6 min
The Lower Hudson: A paddling gem hidden in plain sight
The Lower Hudson, Between Albany and NYC, is a criminally under-appreciated and accessible multi-day paddle.
Tim Mathis
- 13 min
How to discover island paradise on the cheap in New Caledonia.
New Caledonia. Never heard of it? Here's why you shouldn't overlook this Melanesian dot on the map in the middle of the Pacific.
Tim Mathis
- 11 min
Why do people accept authoritarians? Lessons from the psych unit
I'm not an authoritarian, usually. But I've learned some things on the psych unit that make me worry.
Tim Mathis
- 10 min
The Camino de Finisterre in a day: An ultra running love story.
Running the Camino de Finisterre was both pure suffering and real pilgrimage.
Tim Mathis
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El Camino de Santiago with just the clothes on your back.
A Camino de Santiago packing list as an illustration of why it's such an amazing adventure.
Tim Mathis
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Sufjan Stevens didn't read my book, but his stepdad liked it.
My first book only had a couple hundred readers. One of them, randomly, was my favorite musician's father.
Tim Mathis
- 7 min
How Islamic punk rock helped me lose my Christian faith.
I was deconstructing when it was still called emerging church, and Islamic Punk helped me become exvangelical before it had a name.
Tim Mathis
- 8 min
6 ways to support your favorite books (and also me).
I wrote this post about my own book, but the information stands as a proven list of 6 ways to support any book you love.
Tim Mathis
- 17 min
Uncertainty sucks, but it's also normal. How to accept reality and move forward during crisis.
Lessons from thru-hiking, cancer, and Covid-19 about managing modern life's rolling existential crises.
Tim Mathis
- 12 min
The Veracruz travel guide the internet needs, but was afraid to ask for.
On my first visit, I didn't know I wasn't supposed to fall in love with Veracruz, and I did. After falling in love, I learned that the...
Tim Mathis
- 11 min
7 Reasons to Love Mexico (and Not Fear it)
Someone else can teach you to travel safely in Mexico. I want to teach you to travel fearlessly.
Tim Mathis
- 23 min
The Art of the Existential Crisis: How to survive despite all of this.
Malaise, languishing, feeling stuck in a rut. It's the spirit of the age, but the struggle - and the solutions - are as old as humanity.
Tim Mathis
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How to run around Mt. St. Helens: Live your Loowit Trail dream life.
The Loowit Trail around Mt St Helens is the prettiest, hardest 32 miles you could hope for.
Tim Mathis
- 10 min
How do you pay for travel and adventure? A dirtbag's 3 financial fundamentals
After years in the game, these are three non-negotiable principles that I've come to see as essential to building a creative life where you'
Tim Mathis
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Book Review: Mud, Rocks, Blazes by Heather "Anish" Anderson
Anish's second solid addition to the adventure writing canon.
Tim Mathis
- 7 min
Dolly Parton, Donald Trump, and coming to terms with home.
I didn't expect 'Jolene' to help me cope with American politics, but it did.
Tim Mathis
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11 Books to Make Sense of the 2020s
The 2020s have been a mess. These books help make sense of the era.
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