I am slowly turning into one of those girls who hate shopping and don't replace their old shoes until Mother finally BEGS them to buy a new pair on her credit card because she can no longer stand the sight of those tattered things ( Read more... )

Compelling, disturbing, chilling: The Damage Done

I am reminded that He cares for me even in the simple pleasures, cruising down single-lane country highways with friends jamming to Bob Marley, the warm sun caressing you to sleep.

I have even more on my plate now that school is finished. It's a glorious thing.

And there is just too much to say.

i just came up with a phrase that seems to adequately describe my emerging worldview: "the personal is political and the political is personal." i.e., what you think is private and does not concern the world DOES concern the world, and what you think does not concern you, DOES. (two stories about Jesus come to mind -- him angrily turning the tables ( Read more... )

Your light broke through my night
Restored exceeding joy
Your grace fell like the rain
And made this desert live

Your hand lifted me up
I stand on higher ground
Your praise rose through my heart
And made this valley sing

You have turned my mourning into dancing
You have turned my sorrow into joy

sometimes it's really hard to know that you are still alive ( Read more... )

Should I really "shake it like a polaroid picture"?

heehee.

yearning for placewaiting for someone to snuff out this winter ( Read more... )

but, I do like what Jim Wallis wrote about the incident ( Read more... )

I should probably wait until I've collected my thoughts before I write more about the film, but before I forget I want to put down some Bible passages that I was reminded of as I watched it last night. Many of the concepts that were discussed, for example greed, strongly reflected things I've been learning from the Bible in the past year. (The film ( Read more... )