People have always asked my mom, "So, what is Mark interested in today?" Since I was a child, I have been an explorer. I like to know how things work by taking them apart. I am an activist, a traveler, an entrepreneur, and most importantly, a listener.

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An Ode to Henri

Henri Nouwen’s story is one of struggle and conflict but also one of great joy and peace. He is one of the great intellectual thinkers of our time. He taught for over 20 years at the University of Notre Dame, Yale and Harvard Universities. He gave up the life of academia for a pastoral position [...]

 
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A Morning

To me, a morning is unlike anything else. There can hardly be a feeling quite like waking up as early as you possibly can and moving your day along. For me, the earlier the better. I find confidence and reassurance in the morning. I feel strong like I could take over the whole world in [...]

 
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Developing A New Look

Over the next few weeks I am going to be redesigning this blog and would love your help. I didn’t take a whole lot of time when I first launched this site to think about how I wanted it to look, I’m releasing a second version that is more thoughtful. I spent a couple hours [...]

 
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Shaming Malaria

The other night I was cataloging some videos I had shot while in Kenya last year. I was reliving my experience in 15 second clips of school children learning in a slum to me biking through a safari. I traveled with a nonprofit agency here in Denver, The 1010 Project, and was thinking about poverty [...]

 
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I Won! I NEVER Win Anything!!?

So yesterday I caught wind of a contest that Will Price (of MomentumFailure fame) was holding. Leave a comment and get free VIP tickets to see James Taylor and Carole King at the Pepsi Center. I thought… oh that’s a nice prize, why not?! So I left a comment: “If I won tickets to see [...]