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Tag Archives: life

Why I (a young adult) stayed in the church

Every Wednesday or so I blog over at [D]mergent, where I am a co-editor. This week I blogged on why I stayed in the church, when there have been so many articles about young adults leaving the church. Check it …

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New Year’s Resolutions

As many of you may be reflecting back upon the last year and looking forward to the coming year, I offer you this excellent article to reflect upon: Top Five Regrets of the Dying. Think about what is really important …

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Check out one of my articles on Dmergent!

I became a contributing editor at Dmergent this fall and one of my articles has been featured in the “Best of 2011″ series. In my article “The Intersection of Cesarean Sections and the Cross of Crucifixion” I share both the …

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Top Ten Tuesday Tips for Celebrating Christmas (When You’re The Pastor)

As a child, I loved Christmas. As a young adult, I grew to love Advent, this season of darkness preparing for the light that will begin in four weeks (can’t you see me jumping for joy inside?) As a pastor, …

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A Top Ten Tuesday Post for Wednesday–what’s going on???

Here’s a Top Ten Tuesday list of things going on in my life, which, you’ll understand as you read through, is why it’s being posted on Wednesday! 1. Work, work, work. I am working both as a preschool teacher in …

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Peeling back the layers to God

“Ogres are like onions, they have layers.” –Shrek Last week I watched the Nightline special on PBS “Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero.” As the people interviewed shared their views on God and faith (all had lost loved ones on …

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A Tuesday Top “Five” Post on Wednesday

So, I’ve been busy. So busy that I missed last week’s Top Ten Tuesday post and didn’t get this week’s done in time. So here’s a silly Top “Five” Tuesday/Wednesday post on what I’ve been up to: 1. Research, Finding, …

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Top Ten Favorite Places in the World

Today’s Top Ten Tuesday list are my favorite places that I have visited so far in our beautiful world. Note that I have seen about 3% of our earth, so that’s not saying much, but I’ve lived in Oregon, Alaska, …

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1 in 110 children, 1 in 70 boys

My son has Autism-Spectrum Disorder. He also has a speech delay. We had a wonderful appointment today at the OU Child Study Center–I highly, highly recommend them. It took us 10 months from when we requested the appointment until today, …

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Top Ten things I have learned along the autism-spectrum journey

Tuesday, August 23rd is a date that our family has been waiting for. Back in October, we finally convinced our son’s doctor to contact the OU Child Study Center and refer us to them for an autism evaluation. The OU …

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