Speaking the truth is never easy but always right. It's absolute, unbending, and should never be sacrificed for our comfort; rather, comfort should be taken in having held it close and raised it high even through persecution. In the end, the reward will far outweigh the cost (II Corinthians 4:13-18).
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Relationtrips: Reading the Signs
“Relationships are everything…” This was a mantra repeated continually by the teacher-characters on my little brother’s favorite preschool computer game growing up. It’s funny; it was so seemingly out-of-place in the kooky, little alien-world program. But it’s true that relationships … Continue reading
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Tagged attitude, choice, Innocence, Life, Relationships
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Death Stinketh
Good embalming skills are hard to come by, wouldn’t you say? I was thinking about this today when I saw an advertisement for the popular television show, Bones. My friend Abby loves that show. Why an art major has a … Continue reading
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Moose-tracks & Memories
Because LIFE is all about “forgetting what’s behind and straining toward what’s ahead” (Philippians 3:13). It was a fantastic reminder for Bryson and me before we arrived in Wisconsin-below-freezing. We knew what we’d be facing; we knew what we’d see, feel, and smell. In many ways, it’s become like a five-year viewing. Most people pay their respects in a single visit to a funeral home; we’ve been doing it annually for more than half a decade. Whether it’s the death of a phase or a life, we can still find things to appreciate and, above all, no matter how cold it is, we always enjoy the hope and certainty that spring is coming soon. You won’t catch us looking back. Continue reading
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Leaving Comfortable
I’m looking forward to seeing this again when we leave for Asia in less than two weeks: (I know it’s shaky and inadequate but the communist government took all the good footage) We won’t only be in communist Vietnam and … Continue reading
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Free Thought? How About I Give You a Penny For It?
Thoughts have been on my mind a lot lately and I mean that in the philosophical sense, not the literal sense (although both would be true). My one-track mind has been running a marathon this week. Don’t worry, that’s my last … Continue reading
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Tagged ideas, intelligence, philosophy, study, thoughts, truth
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The Battle for Innocence
Sides were drawn in a garden thousands of years ago. Two trees physically illustrated the choice between God and his jealous opponent. Eating “Life” was the key to keeping a perfect relationship with the awesome, almighty Creator of the Universe. … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle, biting, choice, eating, Genesis, Hope, Innocence, The Apple, The Garden, Tree of Knowledge, Tree of Life
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Fact Check?
When I was a teenager, it was my dream to be a journalist. No fluffy, kids stuff for me. No self-proclaimed green-movement mumbo-jumbo either. I’d planned for years that I’d be a tough, hard-hitting, Lois Lane type, writing Pulitzer-prize-winning articles exposing corruption … Continue reading
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