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Supplemental Devotions

Posted in Musings on January 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »

It seems like just a little while ago that I was reminded of the importance of seeking out Fresh Manna for each new day -a fresh Word from the Lord. My Brazilian friend still keeps me accountable for daily devotions, but as the past four months have flown by, life has brought about its usual [...]

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Modern Day Slavery

Posted in Culture/News on January 26, 2008 | 5 Comments »

Be the Change by Zach Hunter
In our civilized, wealthy and educated Western society we don’t often consider human slavery to be a huge present-day issue. We think it simply to be a sad chapter in history, but too far beneath the modern man to be a problem today. However, the market for slaves in [...]

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Boxing

Posted in Books on January 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

All afternoon I’ve been boxing. No, not with gloves. I’ve been packing things in cardboard boxes in anticipation of a possible move. Now I have piles of books strewn all over my room. Not that anyone asked, but below is the list of books I still need to pack somewhere (I’m hoping that by making [...]

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Prairie Storm

Posted in Poetic-ish Page on January 7, 2008 | 7 Comments »

A result of my far-too-early anticipation of Spring. Well it was a little bit warmer today…
Prairie Storm
by Lady Carmen
The morning mist has cloaked the plain
and given way to gentle rain
Across the prairie horses graze
beneath the sky of grayish haze
In the distance thunder rolls
The horses stir and nudge their foals
Every creature towards the woods
flees [...]

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Going Green

Posted in Humor on January 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Funny Friday
A growing trend amongst businesses and companies lately has been to collaboratively “go green” (in other words, make changes within the workplace such as recycling and using earth-friendly products in an attempt to better the environment). This morning my dad, VP of Distribution (?) at an airline consolidation company, shot an e-mail to all of his [...]

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The Bend in the Stream

Posted in Musings on January 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »

If you were to walk into our home right now, you would find a peaceful, quiet atmosphere: my mother working on the jigsaw puzzle she’s been attempting for the past few days, my father in his Bible, brother silently absorbed in another of his western epics, myself writing this and two other young ladies giggling [...]

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