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Paradox: A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth i.e. “My grace is sufficient for you, for my [Christ’s] power is made perfect in weakness.”Hypocrite: A person who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that he or she does not actually possess, especially…

I received this note on Facebook a few moments ago from Mark Van Steenwyk, member of and urban intentional community called Missio Dei and blogger/editor at Jesus Manifesto.  Made me wonder what, if any, place traditional civil disobedience has in a world so loud with information that wars, typhoons and pandemics sometimes seem like a blip…

I came across this great story by Pam Heatley, Director of Ministry at Vision Community Church and blogger at Steel-Spined Soul. It made me think of my mother who, before she passed away a little over a year ago, was always one to hand me a bag of goodies (and sometimes not so goodies) on the way out…

Amazed that it has been 10 years since this video, based upon an essay written by Chicago Tribune writer Mary Schmich, first came out. Shows how, even in our hyped up, fast-forward world, good advice is sometimes just good advice…

Came across a blog post this morning that got me thinking. The topic was the use of titles – in this case whether or not pastors should be referred to as, well…pastor. The author, Mike Foster of Deadly Viper, states: “My basic point is that I think this whole title thing is stupid. And set…

I spent this weekend in Connecticut with my husband Martin and our son, Ian. It was a short little jaunt, built around the Connecticon Anime Convention, a tribute to Japanese animation, comic arts and video games. This was our second convention with Ian who, like a clear and heavy majority of attendees, was dressed as…

I am a big fan of Post-Secret, an ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a postcard with sometimes funny, sometimes startling, sometimes heartbreaking results. That’s why I was thrilled to read about a new project by author, blogger Anne Jackson called “Permission to Speak Freely” which,…

Okay, I’ll admit it. I posed a question to my 11 year old son Ian over dinner earlier this week that I cannot answer myself. I didn’t know it at the time. I didn’t know it when I shared the conversation here in a post titled, What Would You Ask Jesus? In fact, I didn’t…

From Daniel Clowes not-yet-published graphic novel, Wilson, via the Speaking of Faith Observed blog. So tell me…what’s your story?

My husband Martin, son Ian and friend Andrea sat tonight drinking coffee and discussing outlandish dreams. What power, ability or experience we would love to have if there were no limits. It was an impractical exercise that broke down like this… Martin said he would 1) go back in time and mentor his younger self…
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