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November 18, 2011

A Handful of Crumbs- Thoughts on Grace & Identity

I picked up this memoir by Kim Sunee, “Trail of Crumbs” partially because the cover was pretty, partially because it was on clearance for $5, but mostly because of the subtitle, “Hunger, Love and the Search for Home.” That subtitle could just as well describe the book I am currently working on, “The Wizard of Continue reading

Grace Vs. Law, My thoughts, Reading

book, CS Lewis, Feast, Feeling unworthy, Grace, Identity, Kim Sunee, memoir, trail of crumbs, Weight of Glory, Who Am I?

August 23, 2011

Naming Grace Moments

I just got home after being away six weeks. I also just finished Ann Voskamp’s book “One Thousand Gifts.” It is a book you have to read slowly, breathe in every sentence, let it affect you and wake you up. Indeed, that is her cry: “Wake up!” See that everything in your life is a Continue reading

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Ann Voskamp, give thanks, life is a gift, naming gifts, One Thousand Gifts, Thanksgiving

May 19, 2011

Can we postpone Jesus' coming by expecting it?

On Saturday, we are all going to be singing the classic 90’s REM song, “It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine.” There’s been a lot of hoopla about the May 21st people. The obvious answer from most Christians is simply quoting verses like Matthew 24:36. But how far Continue reading

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End Times, Jesus’ Return, May 21, Pais, Paul Gibbs, second coming, The Cloud and the Line

April 5, 2011

Crabgrass and Oak Trees- A Review

As soon as I read the back cover of Crabgrass and Oak Trees, I knew it was going to be fresh and life-giving. Crabgrass and Oak Tees is a beautiful book about what the church is. It’s hard to see the church as beautiful at times. We’ve all been disillusioned, hurt by hypocrisy, jaded. In Continue reading

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February 9, 2010

Monet Refuses the Operation

I never post things by other usually, but in this case I couldn’t resist. I just started Plan B- Further Thoughts On Faith by Ann Lamott and she opens it with this poem by Lisel Mueller. It really speaks for itself, I have no comment to make other then it ratifies my continuing realization that Continue reading

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November 6, 2009

The Flash

When I was a kid I lived in books. I was shy and lonely and scared and books were my comfort, my friends. Through stories, I lived adventure, I lived beauty. I could be anyone I wanted to be. When I was nine or so I stumbled upon the world of LM Montgomery. While best Continue reading

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