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(There is a good chance that this will come out completely wrong and will somehow sound like heresy. I mean no disrespect and certainly no heresy so just bear with me.)
I recently wrote my very first short story. According to standards I read on the Internet (insert snarky Internet comment here) what I’ve written previously [...]

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I’ve been listening to lies this week. I listened even though I knew they were lies. And then I kept being surprised when I felt upset about it.
So, Tuesday I went out shopping. It’s my official errand day where I run around like a crazy person doing grocery shopping for myself and some for Crystal. [...]

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Yesterday was a crazy day. Due to circumstances beyond our control, which partly just means it didn’t get realized until too late, Go Play Peoria and the Reformation Day Faire were on the same day. So naturally we proceeded to devolop a complicated plan involving two major events, two vehicles, and nine [...]

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Upon a Re-Read (Gabrielle)

It’s always a frightening thing to reread a book you haven’t read for a while. We change so much sometimes in just a few years that a book that was once the beginning and end of catharsis for our emotional state is just whiny and dumb. The character who’d once stood on the pedestal of [...]

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Until the Wheels Come Off (Gabrielle)

This past Sunday an old man stood in the pulpit of Providence Church and talked to us about Jesus. He walked with a cane and with great care, but he spoke from the pulpit with power and authority. He spoke about his Lord. Sometimes I didn’t quite know where he was coming from or where [...]

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Unprecedented Honesty (Raquel)

On some reflection, I may have lied several times yesterday. Several people asked me yesterday how I was and my reply was either, “Tired,” or “I’m okay, but tired”. The tired part was really true, but I’m starting to think that maybe I’m not okay.
I keep thinking I must surely be okay [...]

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We Have Not Forgotten (Gabrielle)

This past Sunday was Life Chain Sunday, a day people from all over the country stand in silent protest of abortion. When I was growing up we participated each year. I remember being incredibly bored as a child and not really understanding what was going on. At some point it fell off our radar [...]

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IMHO (Raquel)

If you take the definition of humility as looking at yourself honestly (neither more highly or lowly than you ought to), this post is not nearly as arrogant as it might sound. I just thought I’d clear that up at the beginning.
I realized today that I am an intelligent person. Hey, stop laughing. Yes, you, [...]

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More On the Road to Self- Discovery (Gabrielle)

The road of self-discovery I’ve been trekking on lately has run through some pretty odd places. Some people go to Europe or China to find themselves. I think that’s silly because I’ve always known where I am I just didn’t understand what that had to do with anything. So I don’t bother going off someplace [...]

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An Entirely Pointless Ramble–Maybe (Raquel)

I’m sitting down to write a blog post, simply because it’s Sunday afternoon, and I’ve just remembered how much I like having friends.
I’ve been having a difficult time with life lately–refer to my last blog post. This morning during church I cried my way through a (very helpful) sermon on assurance, once again [...]

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