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This is how my grandmother ended each letter. When I went to college, my parents thought it was important that I write letters to my grandmother. I didn’t really get it then, but I didn’t have an issue with it so I agreed. I get it now why my parents wanted me to do that,Continue reading “Read your Bible, Stay in School.”

Commitment. It is not the concept of commitment alone that terrifies me, the word alone can do that to me. If you’ve ever studied psychology, then you understand a few things that most other people don’t get: depression is not a fleeting feeling, everyone’s got some kind of issue, and the word ‘phobia’ is terriblyContinue reading “The C Word”

I am the type of person that needs to be with myself a lot. It’s not that I don’t want to be around people, but that I spend a lot of time in my head trying to work things out. I like to analyze, internalize, and process interactions that I have. For me, this simply cannotContinue reading “Finding Space”

His song is my favorite on the My Heart Is In Haiti album! loveinstereoblog: Ben Rector has a passionate audience that is growing daily. His latest album Into The Morning has exploded onto the music scene and he’s been busy touring all over the U.S. We, too, are Ben Rector fans, so it was pretty exciting when heContinue reading “Get to Know: Ben Rector”

This past Sunday, Josh Graves introduced some interesting ideas about what a/the table really means. It was interesting, eye-opening, and provoking. Josh has written a book about this subject, so he knows far more; and I’m likely to butcher his thoughts, so take them as my interpretation and not a paraphrase of what he said. Basically, whatContinue reading “The Table.”

Seriously. I have. Growing up, I was a great Christian girl. I could claim that I wanted to serve God the right way, but really, I just like to follow the rules, and I’m good at following rules. Also, I’m very “all-or-nothing”, in pretty much everything. I want my religion to require everything or nothing.Continue reading “I’ve always wanted to be a nun.”

It’s not a pre-determined point in life, these moments of essential change. I would propose that they occur when life gets too settled, too boring, or too content with the status quo. Personally, I believe that these moments, where change is the only thing on a person’s mind, are placed there purposefully, and shouldn’t be disregarded.Continue reading “So….now what?”