First Post - An Introduction

Hello my friends! So, if you took the time to read the last post then you are both awesome and you already have an understanding that it was not the first real post. In fact, you can pretend it doesn’t exist at all. Seriously, just forget about it. This is the post that you want to read. I can promise you that this will be my best post so far. Of course, considering we’ve already forgotten the last post that really makes this the first and only post. Thus, saying that this is the best post so far isn’t really saying much. Anyway…

Welcome! My name is Samuel Thornton. I usually go by Sam. Or stud. Many people call me stud. Okay, no one calls me stud. Really though, you are welcome to call me Sam. Most people do. However, if for some reason you want to call me Samuel you may be my guest. Most people that call me Samuel are people whose company I very very much enjoy. Samuel is a good name. Better than Sam. Samuel has the “el” in it, meaning God. As in “El Shaddai”. This isn’t to brag about my name, but rather about my parent’s ability to choose my name. Samuel means, “asked of God”. My mom and dad asked God for me. That’s pretty powerful. My parents are amazing. Seriously. But I digress.

I am nineteen years old. A fact I often forget. I was born in Eureka, CA but moved to the evergreen state when I was six. When we first moved to Washington we lived in a two story, two-bedroom house near Olympia. It was fantastic. I remember one of my first winters living there. I had never experienced snow outside of a mountain before. So I walked outside and prayed for snow. I woke up the next morning to a winter wonderland. It wasn’t so wonderful for everyone else though. In fact, it resulted in an ice storm that closed down roads, schools, businesses, and left us without power for two weeks. I highly doubt that all that was God answering the prayer of a six year old, but it was pretty cool nonetheless. I spent the rest of my regular school days living in and around the incredible city of Olympia. Chilling out, relaxing all cool. Sometimes shooting some b-ball outside of school. Pretty much the norm. I have four siblings too. Elizabeth, Steven, Rachel, and Luke. They are amazing and my best friends. God has huge plans for their lives.

At present I am attending Washington State University. I’m leasing a house right off of campus, which makes my permanent address a Pullman one (the blog url is my address). That’s weird to me. I’m studying communications with a public relation focus and a minor in philosophy. So far I very much enjoy it. After getting my bachelors I feel called to seminary. But that’s a future chapter in my life that is yet to be written. The chapter I’m currently writing I like to call WSU and Resonate. Resonate is the church I attend here. It is only two years old but God is moving in it and giving us tremendous opportunities and influence in Pullman. It is an incredible incredible place full of amazing people all of whom constantly stretch me and reveal the wonderful character of Christ to me daily. I am blessed with the opportunity to serve in multiple ways with this church. I play bass and sometimes piano with the worship team. It is an honor to worship the Lord with music. I also am on v-staff, which by traditional terms makes me a deacon. That’s fairly crazy I think. My role in v-staff is to lead a village, which is our churches version of a small group. It is my privilege to help shepherd people into a better understanding of who God is and how we can live out biblical principles. Every week I am amazed that people show up to village. It just proves that God is faithful and the Holy Spirit is a much better minister than myself.

So there’s just a little bit about me. Most of my posts will not be this long nor will they be just a story. It’s likely the future of posting will see my thoughts played out into words. Before that happened though I figured it’d be good to get to know each other. So viola. Now we do. Or at least, you know me a bit more.