Category Archives: reflections
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November 22, 2011This ad really bothers me. Lately I’ve had a heightened awareness of how much our society over-values busy-ness – and of my own contribution to that wrong perspective. Many of us are very busy, and there’s nothing wrong with talking … Continue reading
When God Is With You
October 27, 2011On the very day the biggest Plan B of my life began, I happened to be reading an amazing (but awkwardly subtitled) book called Plan B: What Do You Do When God Doesn’t Show Up The Way You Thought He Would? by Nashville pastor … Continue reading
Across the Hall
October 5, 2011 I lived in a dorm for all four years of college (well, three years in a dorm and then one year in on-campus apartments). Despite the less-than-stellar lodging, it was one of the best times of my life. Recently my … Continue reading
Waiting.
April 28, 2011Waiting is our destiny. We cannot bring about what we hope for, so we wait, we wait in darkness for a flame we cannot light. We wait in fear for a happy ending we cannot write. We wait for a … Continue reading
Freecell = Life
March 10, 2011When I was in college, equally immersed in playing Freecell and writing melodramatic poetry, I wrote a free-verse poem comparing Freecell to relationships. Ten years later, I think the comparison holds true even more broadly. Life in general is like … Continue reading
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