January 2011
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God invites us to risk trusting Him and enter into redemptive relationships with others—to open ourselves up to the possibility of being hurt as well as the possibility of tasting the sweet fruit of companionship. yet, no matter how wonderful a taste of relational fullness you have, you will want more. if you had an amazing connection yesterday with someone, when you wake this morning, you...
Jan 22nd
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Jan 19th
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leaving.
handing. boarding. shuffling. stuffing. sitting. wiggling. buckling. gazing. remembering. flying. going.
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Jan 16th
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Jan 16th
"li, party of four."
my family went out to a nice restaurant tonight. “li, party of four.” we are brought to our four person table and presented with menus. my dad orders while each of us chime in with what we want- i want the mango and shrimp salad and the entire chicken stuffed with sticky rice. my dad is amused by my newfound fondness of sticky rice this trip- i ordered a sticky rice item off the menu...
Jan 16th
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Jan 15th
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Jan 15th
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logophilia
words are wonderful. :) i stumbled across a post today on loveyourchaos featuring a collection of “rare and lost words” and it made me smile because i absolutely love finding very specific words with specific definitions- the preciseness is so very wondrous and exciting. there was one about a hedgehog that i posted a while back. hm, googles “of or pertaining to a...
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Jan 14th
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moving on up
brushing your teeth vertically uses the same muscle as rock climbing, who knew? all my life i must’ve brushed my teeth horizontally because i now find myself without the proper muscle capacity and inadequately fit for both sustainable rock climbing and vertical teeth brushing! but my dentist has spoken- i must now brush my teeth vertically. today brush vertically, tomorrow climb...
Jan 14th
as soon as [a child] learns a language well...
teacher: how do people get thoughts about things they’ve never seen or heard? andy: in dreams. eddie: in bad dreams. they scare you and then you remember them. andy: i’m pretty sure dreams comes from God. fred: maybe your mind is invisible when you sleep. eddie: oh, that’s how. God is invisible too. He sees anything invisible so He can see your dreams. teacher: does God...
Jan 13th
Jan 13th
chinese checkers
“why did God invent checkers so you can’t move backwards?” eddie wondered. he was losing in our game of checkers. “did God invent checkers?” i asked. “it had to be God because a magician would trick you,” eddie replied. “by the way,” he said a few moments later, “warren moves on the red spaces.” “why didn’t you show...
Jan 13th
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“your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.” 1 peter 3:3-4 peter doesn’t mean that beautiful women rarely speak above a whisper, if they speak at all. no. to...
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December 2010
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