The Movie We Shall Not Speak Of

Last night Mark & I had passes to be a part of a free screening of an upcoming theatrical release. They were handing them out earlier in the week when we went to see “Evan Almighty”, with the promise that not only would we get to see last night’s movie for free, but we would [...]

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Did That Just Happen?

Have you ever had a “Did that just happen?” moment? I had one yesterday morning. I was in my car on my way to work. I had just turned on to the quiet little stretch of France Avenue near our house, when suddenly, out of nowhere, a giant bird – unmistakably a bald eagle, followed [...]

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2 Years

On April 4, 2003, a guy came up to me and shook my hand.
On August 24, 2003, he shook my hand again, told me his name was Mark, and my heart went all aflutter.
On October 26, 2003 we had our first conversation, and he sent me his very first email.
On November 7, 2003, we went [...]

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Say a Prayer

If you have chance, say a prayer today for the Morrison sextuplets, born on Sunday to a local couple from Bethany Church. Unfortunately, the babies were born at a mere 22 weeks, which means that they’ve got a very steep, uphill battle ahead of them. Pray for strength for their parents, as they [...]

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Modesty is Hottesty

On th GirlTalk blog today there is a link to this website – an online clothing store dedicated to modesty. I’ve seen a couple of other such sites before, but they usually seem to be of the opinion that dressing modestly = dressing like Laura Ingalls Wilder (not that there’s anything wrong with that [...]

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Lunchtime Thoughts on “Amazing Grace”

Last Saturday, Mark & I finally made it out to see the film “Amazing Grace” (now playing at the cheap theater in Hopkins ). Powerful movie, and quite well done. The only complaint we really had about it was that it was ALL dialogue, ALL the time…but that’s OK, and probably fitting for this [...]

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