Hey everybody, my name is Matt and I'm the youth pastor at Parkside Church of the Nazarene in Westlake, OH. I recently graduated from Southern Nazarene University and got the opportunity to just waste two months (nothing productive...Ecclesiastes-like) and ride a bicycle across this country to take in the beauty of God's creation and meet some wonderful people from all walks of life and different belief systems. One thing I'm certain of is that this world we live in, though full of blemishes and very real sources of pain, is beautiful and this ever so fragile life that we have but one shot at is worth fully embracing.