It's odd...for the last couple of years, I've pretty much steered away from most contemporary Christian music (exceptions being Selah and Fernando Ortega). I found it trite, bubble-gum-esque, and just not musically what I wanted. But this summer, I find myself turning on the local Christian station while driving places. Perhaps it's the ( Read more... )

From the blog of my favorite living writer (well, she ties with Philip Yancey), Lauren Winner, musings on salvation (although Winner didn't write it...someone else did):

Salvation happens at five years old. Salvation is better protection against the dark than her Wonder Woman nightlight. Salvation makes her run into the kitchen to tell her mother ( Read more... )

The actual headline in the paper: "No spirits in suites on 1st game day ( Read more... )

Highlight from work this week: since I graduated in May, I am what is known as an "on-call" employee. Basically, I'm not a student but I'm not a union member ( Read more... )

Okay, update time. Germany...what can I say? Conversations about the mark of the beast in Revelations with an old couple who played chess...two a.m. conversations with my roommates...playing pop can soccer by the banks of the Rhein River with two girls we met...countless small prayers that God answered throughout the week...going to Mass at the ( Read more... )

Well, off to Germany in a few hours! Here's our website for the trip, and also our team's blog that we'll (hopefully) be updating ( Read more... )

I've discovered the bad thing about having cable TV. Unlike watching a movie on video or DVD, you can't just stop watching something and pick it back up later. Which, if you're me and keep thinking of various things you want to do that don't involve being in the TV room, is sort of frustrating. Today, I've watched part of Superman and part of a ( Read more... )

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In order to throw out another notebook, I once again saved the pages with relevant quotes for everyone’s enjoyment. These all come from four years ago this summer, when I was a camp counselor at a (nominally) Lutheran camp not too far from where I grew up. Most of them are from campers, a few are from counselors ( Read more... )

Thesis? Done! All 40 pages (plus a couple of lines on page 41), plus two appendices and a Works Cited page ( Read more... )