The Thereness of There

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((This isn't all organized, and you're starting in the middle with no background. Just that stream of conciousness writing. And I'm not going to ruin it by fixing it. It's more relatable to everyone if I don't. You'll recognize your own parallel Thereness better if I don't fix it.))

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You just want to be back “home” to Even- ( Read more... )

Speaking in Tongues - a Prayer Unanswered, or a Gift Bestowed

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I have asked for the gift of tongues twice in my life. Once in high school, when our little Baptist youth group was teaching about it, and once in college.

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The other highschoolers loved me - I had grown up with them.  They weren't trying to prove something to me, and they wouldn't have ( Read more... )

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Hypocrites Against Obama - an unfunny “joke”
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Grieving is like the receding tide
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I don't know if you've ever spent much time at the beach - a real beach, not the side of a pond or swamp. The "work" of grieving is like the receding tide. At first you don't see any progress, and your "shore" is just buffetted by endless large waves of grief. They toss rocks at you, and slither the sand out from ( Read more... )

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I originally posted this on FB last Fall, for Veteran's Day.  So you'll notice some people's comments in the middle.  Yeah, it's long, but it's important and it should really open your mind, and spur you on to being better patriots, and better people.  Put aside your stupid hot dog and potato salad and read what your three-day weekend is really ( Read more... )