“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.” Alice…in Wonderland
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My place in history
Yesterday, we spent the afternoon with my grandmother who is visiting my uncle. My uncle has been doing a lot of genealogy work, so we had fun perusing old photos and our family tree. I learned I have a great-great-great uncle who was a bank robber. Of course, my family tree is mainly filled […]
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Ugh. People.
I have been in an endless loop of frustration lately. Frustrated that I have too many balls in the air and I keep dropping the damn things on my head. Frustrated about my failings, about the backlog of things that have to be done, and about the list of things I ought to do but […]
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Olympic conundrum
The Olympics are always tinged with controversy, and this year’s event is no different. There are serious and legitimate concerns about the Russian government’s abuse of their people, terrorist threats, and the media acting as propaganda and covering it all up. As was the case at the Beijing Olympics, activists say that the Olympics allow […]
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Touching
The man who was embraced and kissed by Pope Francis has spoken about the experience. I’m struck by the way Vinicia Riva talks about being touched. “He said: ‘His hands were so soft. And his smile was so clear and open. But the thing that struck me most is that there has not been thinking […]
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To be understood
My oldest son has auditory processing issues, and sometimes getting him to understand what we’re telling him is difficult bordering on impossible. He hears us; he just doesn’t always understand. But with Bulldozer, we know that he has difficulty understanding and so we can take steps to help him bridge that gap. I think one […]
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Passion isn’t enough
I saw this interesting comparison of the Finnish and American educational systems posted on Facebook, which made me think of this article linked in The Transom on Monday on why so many members of Generation Y are unhappy. I don’t think the article is completely fair to that cohort. You can’t deny they’re coming […]
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Thoughts on worship: Transcendent and intimate
The beauty of the intimacy the Christian has with God is inextricably linked with the wonders of a transcendent God who breaches the gap between the eternal and omnipotent to reach the finite and fragile. It’s the fact that the God of Job is also the Shepherd, the Shelterer. The wonder of the Incarnation is […]
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Wisdom
In graphic form.
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A laymom’s thoughts on Syria
It sucks. No, it really, seriously sucks. In the two years of civil war, there are 100,000 dead, 2 million displaced. And now allegations of chemical weapon attacks that may have killed 1,400 people, possibly by Syrian President Assad’s forces, but maybe not. And politically? The British Prime Minister has taken what could be a […]
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Surprised by joy
Life News reported on the story of Paulo Henrique Machado, a man who has lived in a hospital his entire life. He’s a computer animator who is making a 3-D movie about his life. The story is picking up steam in the media and looks like it may go viral. I don’t know if that says […]
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