…except that I’m not capable of shutting-up. (But I love the idea -in theory- of being able to “write” a post every Wednesday that doesn’t necessarily require words). Today’s (hypothetical) wordless Wednesday post is brought to you courtesy of a debate my good friend, April & I are having over on a post I wrote […]
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Sep 2010
Wordless Wednesday
28
Sep 2010
I nearly wrestled a man to the ground OR “you don’t want none of Mama Bear, now do you???”
The other day I found an old post that made my blood boil all over again. Worth a repost! “Today, I almost had to wrestle a man to the ground. Here’s the story… Ran & I stopped in what could be termed, “the hood” to go to McDonald’s on our way to Detroit yesterday. This […]
26
Sep 2010
Sex. Abuse. Jesus. Poverty. Prostitution. Slam Poetry. Coulda killed me.
Dave & I saw these dudes perform today. They are Gabe & Kirk of Kinetic Affect, masters of spoken word / slam poetry. They were some kind of amazing. Super deep. Awesome. Engaging, raw, challenging & over-the-top talented. I was affected. What struck me about their pieces was how real-life it was. They spoke of […]
24
Sep 2010
I’m just a cog in the old InterVarsity machine
Just like the next human being, sometimes I think life is completely crappy, not worth it and seriously over-rated. (I mean, c’mon God? You could not. be. serious with this whole life-is-great thing) One of those times happened to be in the last two weeks. (and then a few months before that… and a few […]
22
Sep 2010
(Weird) Wordless Wednesday
Can you guess what I’ve been researching???
19
Sep 2010
Overheard…
…this weekend at our house… Me: Ransom, please don’t stab your brother right now… (using a small Peter Pan “sword”) Ran: Well, can I please stab him later? The next day… Ran: Mama, Rhys is sucking on me & Little Jerri (the cat) is biting my toes! Why is everyone always sucking and biting me? […]
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Sep 2010
The Help – Book Review
The Help. Amazing. Amazing. Amazing. Beautifully written fiction. It is hard to believe the debut author, Kathryn Stockett got rejected by 45 publishers before Putnam finally took a chance & their “little” book blew up to be a BIG N.Y. Times Best-Seller with a movie on the way —I cannot wait! Last year, one of my […]
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