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But Where is Jesus?
Over the past few months I have been given a great gift. By American standards I have been poor. It is not real poverty: there has been plenty of (really cheap) food, and I was not homeless. But money is tight. Very … Continue reading
Human Trafficking in the USA
14,500 – 17,500. That is how many people the State Department estimates are trafficked into the US each year. I have been meaning to post about human trafficking in the United States for a while, but it is so overwhelming. … Continue reading
Does Anything Strike You About This List?
The idea of conventions really appeals to me. You not only get to hear great speakers on the topic that interests you, you also get to meet others with the same interest. Even though I do not attend many conferences, … Continue reading
Haiti and Helplessness
I found out about the earthquake in Haiti the morning after it happened. I saw something online about praying or giving to Haiti the night before, but that is not unusual for me, so I did not think about it. … Continue reading
2010 Gratitude
I had plans for reviewing 2009 and setting goals for 2010. But my greatest lesson of 2009 was learning to accept my lack of control over life events, so I have little motivation for establishing formal goals for this year. … Continue reading
Thankful
Today I struggle to be thankful because my thoughts are clouded by guilt. It is the guilt of squandered privilege that distracts me from thanking God for my blessings. It is not simply that I have what others have not. … Continue reading
His needs, her needs, our needs
There is a most annoying tendency to reduce relationships with generalizations about the people in those relationships. Marriage1 is particularly vulnerable to this because it consists of one male and one female person. Oh, what fun we can have with … Continue reading
Considering My Environment: Drying Hair
I have not been online much for the past few weeks. I wish that I could say that was due to the fact that I was abstaining from wasting electricity. Alas, the explanation is far more mundane and, well, less … Continue reading
June Environment Observation
After thinking a lot about my last post I decided to post daily in June. My plan is to consider my day and to note each thing in my immediate environment which I could change in order to have a … Continue reading
Small Steps Toward Clean
One of my non-official Lenten resolutions1 was to clean out my physical surroundings at the same time as I prepared for Easter internally. The results so far are mixed. I do not feel like my apartment is any cleaner; in … Continue reading