Goal 42

I did it. 
Yesterday, I submitted an article to Relevant Magazine Online for possible publication on their website.  It is just under 1,000 words.  I do not receive payment for it.  It will not be in print.  But I submitted it as my first step towards accomplishing one of my goals.  The goal to be [...]

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Vacation

Right now I’m sitting in a corner of Paneras in little ol’ Branson, Missouri.  I’ve downed my first class of Diet Pepsi (sorry – I’m not cool enough to drink coffee of any variety or taste) and a fresh-from-the-oven cinnamon roll that was hmm-hmm-good.
I’m on vacation.  I love vacation.  Every year my parents give me [...]

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Okay

Tonight I had a date with the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I’ve had a desire to see this movie since the reviews came out on it but I’m shy and slow in making the first move.  So, its taken me a good two years but tonight was our night.  It was an [...]

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Friday Five: Boo Boo Alert

Here’s the Friday Five from the RevGals.  Play along!  Leave me a comment with your answers.
1) Are you a baby about small injuries?Nope! I’ve had several over the years.  As a tomboy growing up, scars, bruises and wounds were symbols of prestige and honor.  The more, the better.
2) What’s the silliest way you have [...]

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A Glutton is . . .

"A glutton is one who raids the icebox for a cure for spiritual malnutrition."                                        - Frederick Buechner
Damn it, Buechner.  Take all the joy out of my chocolate binges. Geez . . . as if I didn’t feel bad enough when I grabbed [...]

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Happy Birthday

I turned 33 today.  Seems like only yesterday I was 32.  Wait . . . .
Its been a good day. As you become more gifted chronologically, you tend to just be thankful that at least you are gifted at something.
Honestly, I’ve always been one to say it gets better as I go.  No regrets.  [...]

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Hanging Out with Will

The past two days I’ve been hanging out with William Willimon.  Okay -there were about 70 other folks as well but it seemed very personal.  I attended a Minister’s Retreat sponsored by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Missouri which I am proud to connect myself wth.  The guest presentor this year was William Willimon, the [...]

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To Be Held

"Natalie Grant – Held"

Two months is too little They let him go They had no sudden healing To think that providence would Take a child from his mother while she prays Is appalling
Who told us we’d be rescued? What has changed and why should we be saved from nightmares? We’re asking why this happens [...]

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Rusted Out Buckets

Sometimes it takes me a long time to figure things out.  To do what I know.  To follow where I’m led.  To surrender to what is right.  To let go of what is wrong.
I chase after vanishing winds. I harness nothing which powers nothing.
I put my energies into bags with holes and rusted-out buckets.
"Take [...]

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Power of Prose

i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart)i am never without it(anywherei go you go,my dear;and whatever is doneby only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meantand [...]

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