i recently affixed the following bumber stickers to the rear end of my car: "isn't it rather hypocritical to favor abortion when you've already been born?" "it is impossible...
i lost my cell phone yesterday. it was bound to get lost or stop working altogether sooner or later. i've dropped it from the top of a county fair ride, as well as...
i've returned from new york. the time and money spent was well worth it! i learned a few things. damien rice's alias is chuck. sushi really is good. people are...
i am off to the 212 area code. for those of you who don't have all 250 or so memorized, that would be new york. damien rice and sufjan stevens will play songs in...
your brother is HIV positive.your father died from a treatable illness.your sister walks 7 miles to get water every day.your baby is deathly ill from drinking unclean...
"The man that hath no music in himself,Nor is not mov'd with concord of sweet sounds,Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils." William ShakespeareThe Merchant of Venice...
Finally, in his third illustration, Jesus speaks directly about Rome. "If a soldier forces you to carry his pack one mile, carry it two." Roman law entitled a...
Jesus continued with a second illustration to build on his argument. "If someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well" (Matthew 5:40 NIV)....
i woke up very sick this morning. it's a good thing i believe in dayquil. i've been re-reading the lost message of Jesus, by steve chalke and alan mann. it has some...
i attended the worship arts retreat last weekend. it was a blast. the cruel, uneventful state of apathy releases me. it seems i am constantly hungry, just as i like it.
who else wants the swedish commissioner to get elected as general? http://www1.salvationarmy.org/ihq/hc2006/kjellgren.html and who's going to worship arts retreat this weekend?
i drive a van full of hispanic kids to the tri-cities corps in st. charles every wednesday night. they're all learning to play horns. it can be difficult finding...
my parents are over 2,000 miles away right now in costa rica. my efforts to convince them to take me with were futile. do you ever feel as if your teeth are covered in...
i've gotten to know the ladies at the post office. they're all old, charismatic black ladies (in fact, i don't believe i've met an old black lady that isn't). except...
HOW MANY TIMES?!? in other news, people are getting injected with computer chips. i really think i am that naive. i don't get around much. let's try really loving...
we've been on the run, driving in the sun... two girls from the south sang that song many a time in california. for the first few days it was relatively warmer than it is...
this year's did not feel like christmas. did i not spend enough time in the cold? or not enough time kettling? maybe i spent too much time working. ...
i had a horrible dream, in which taylor was very mad at me, and she wouldn't speak to me, only show me excerpts from poetry and emails all describing hurt and how to be a...
i sat down at a desk in the library prepared to actually get something accomplished. the light didn't work. dismayed beyond all hope of motivation, i looked...