In one word: great!  In a lot more words… When Dave & I arrived they were just finishing up their Mandarin language service & I’m telling you my heart plummeted to my belly.  Typically when I speak, I feel a healty amount of adrenalin kicking in for a steady 8-10 hours beforehand.  But last night, […]

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This Sunday I have the privilege & honor of preaching at a Chinese Church.  The 1st service is in Mandarin & I’m taking on the 2nd, mostly English speaking congregation.  I spoke with my American born, Chinese-American friend, Jeff L. who said, “wow, I can’t believe a Chinese Church is bringing in a young, African-American […]

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You probably won’t have a hard time believing me when I say I often    have to ask myself, “is this blog more appropriately expressed in my private journal or should I just click that “publish” button over on the right?”  I guess this one fits into both because for some reason I’d really like to […]

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This flick along with “Rachel Getting Married,” & “Milk” (review to come soon) are 3 of the most enjoyably sobering movies I’ve seen lately. Because of the nature of this movie I don’t want to give away much more of the plot than the jacket cover does which states, something along the lines of: a […]

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Well after last night’s over-emotional, likely immature retaliation blog, I couldn’t sleep so I told Dave the whole story & we prayed together.  He reminded a) this person doesn’t actually know me b) is emotionally immature & beneath me c) undeserving of consideration & d) has no real interest in actually helping me to be […]

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I’ve mentioned before that I read way too much celebrity garbage.  It’s a dirty little habit I’m still trying to kick.  What always annoys me about reading it though it that now-a-days any one can anonymously post mean things in reference to any one picture or story.  People are just awful.  I’ve read people say […]

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(That is in our Ranch style home…) We had a great anniversary weekend.  My in-laws watched Ransom while we went up to Macatawa Lake for a dinner at this pretty nice place overlooking a boat harbor.  An anonymous friend gave all the students at my school a $50 gift certificate there.  How is hot is […]

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Remember when you were younger & when someone twisted your arm and when you (& they) realized you had no more control you had to say “Uncle?”  (This was hillariously brought out in Ace Venture 1, in case your wondering) Anyway, I’m saying “uncle” to my blog.  I’m so sorry I’ve wasted so many minutes […]

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