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for now: recent posts

  • pounding in rhythm

    Today I woke up to the neighbors doing some construction on the only wall that separates me from them. To the offbeat rhythm of hammers pounding, I made some coffee, ate my cornflakes, and took a shower. Knowing how typical it is for the pounding to go the entire day, I dug my iPod out…

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  • downcast

        I feel emptied, like I don’t have enough of what this life requires. What do you want, you big ol’ bully? I wake up this morning knowing I’ve got a food shopping to do, a big week to prepare for at school. I was absent on Thursday and Friday, so this is the…

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  • tired body, tuckered spirit

    I woke up this morning     t     i     r     e     d. My body felt the weight of ten sleepless nights, and I couldn’t understand how this was possible in light of the nine hours that had passed since last closing my eyes. I stumbled to the kitchen and managed to manipulate a coffee…

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  • changes coming

    Not sure how to process all of the changes coming around the corner. . . What course of action does wisdom call for? What steps does faith require one to take? Friday morning I received notice that, as of September 2013, the Alliance Academy will no longer be able to pay salaries through international missionary…

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  • a walk home

    I like to walk to school. Whether it’s raining or overcast or just downright foggy as mud, I like to walk to school. Walking home, on the other hand, is a completely different matter. First of all, the walk home is uphill. Second of all, the walk home gradually becomes steeper. Third of all, I’m…

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currently

It doesn’t come naturally, choosing this over all the other demands the day is making. It doesn’t come naturally, training my pipsqueaks to give a little space, so I can “do my Bible.” It doesn’t come naturally, waking up early and following through.