Walking With the Poor: “We are made in the image of a God who is and who is acting.  Thus, we must be who we are – bearers of the image of a relational God – and do what we were made by God to do – be fruitful in self-giving relationships.  To be true…

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    This is a bit long, but if you like books, you’ll probably like this! Stress does two things.  It exposes the broken pieces of your soul.  And then it picks up your body, your life, your relationships, your money, your house, all the things that make up you as uniquely you, and it…

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It was Election Day and I was crying. There was a box full of ballots, and I took the one with my name on it.  I sat down at a round table with my friends, and we all physically wrote the name of our candidate on the piece of paper.  In this dream, oddly enough,…

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I love watching documentaries, foreign films, and independent films.  By far my most favorite genre is Bollywood, and my least favorite is Iranian movies.  (Although I do mean to give the Oscar-winning film, A Separation, a try.)   I love lists from respected reviewers, like these from Jeffery Overstreet. (Although I think my husband wished I didn’t listen to…

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I love the movie Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist. When I watch it, I relive my dream from high school. My dreams were to move to New York City and spend my 20s living the city life– whatever that meant. The issue of cost never did resolve itself. My more realistic plan was to get…

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I love getting gifts.  I also love giving them, when I can figure out a good gift to give.  Tomorrow I’m going to a baby shower for my very first nephew.   My brother is finally having a baby, and I’m so excited.   As I was thinking about what to get them, on a…

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School starts next week and I am not even close to ready.  Piles of curriculum surround me, pdfs are opened and pages are being printed….I have so much scheduling and organizing to do. I have 2 fantasy football drafts this weekend and have not done one drop of research.  Not even reading TMR, which I…

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  Heaven on our tongues, the words we say flowing to our intended target, full of grace and light.  At least that’s what we want, right?   To be that person, profound and full of depth, as if God himself is speaking through us. And when someone gives us advice, we hope for the same…

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  Catch up with the first part of our trip here.   The red light of doom finally disappears, after stops at gas stations and the side of the highway.  2 more hours pass, and 45 miles from home, it quits again. Hazards on the highway as we slow to find the exit.  We sit…

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  Was this worth it?  The question flashed over and over in my head, just like our hazard lights, as we sat there, on the side of the exit ramp in the middle of Indiana.  Up ahead, 2 highway signs with numbers stood, illuminating, every other second, the way to civilization. With 1x service and…

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