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Self-Sacrifice and Joy, Amended
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amyjuliabecker
Two follow up thoughts on the previous post. One, driving up I-95 with two screaming children on Thursday night made me wonder whether I was delusional in writing about the joy of having children. Of course, what I wrote about was the joy that comes in self-sacrifice, and the drive wasn’t exactly self-sacrificial (we were…
Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?
By
amyjuliabecker
New post on the Park Forum: Mammograms and Mortality
Joy
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amyjuliabecker
I’ve been thinking recently of the idea that Christians are called to self-sacrificial love, to carry our cross, etc. And I look at my life and wonder–do I do this? On some level, I’m sure the answer is no. But on another level, yes. I just don’t think of it as self-sacrifice. When William cries…
Is TV any Good?
By
amyjuliabecker
New post on the Park Forum: Pop Culture and Jesus
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