Category Archives: friends

Wilderness Experience

I can’t help but feel like the ancient Hebrews traveling through the wilderness. I keep looking back at life in captivity and thinking how much easier things were. But you see they weren’t. I was a slave, I was unhappy. … Continue reading

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Gratitude just for today

I go to school. I am getting my bachelor’s degree, I take one class at a time, I just finished a class tonight, and have 5 classes left until I do graduate. 5 classes. Wow. Somehow it all came together … Continue reading

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Cardinals

Not the baseball team, but the birds. There is this fabulous pair of Cardinals which live outside of my apartment in the trees, and I have gotten to enjoy their stark beauty against the gray of the winter. I have … Continue reading

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The rock I’ve been hiding under

It’s been nearly two months since I blogged.  I’ll admit I’ve been hiding under a rock. Depression is not something that anyone should take lightly. It steals your life and will to live. It stole mine. But you see I … Continue reading

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On friendship…

I think I fell in love with my friend Jen when she asked me if I could help her to bless another friend. The two of us went over to her friend’s house and helped her to clean up. She … Continue reading

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Transitions

This seems to be quite the time for transitions. I know several people who are going through life changing times in their lives right this moment. Quitting a job to start a new career, moving out of state, getting married, … Continue reading

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Sunday Morning Confessions

1. I am socially awkward in many things. Take for example “Christmas gift etiquette.” I never thought of giving a gift to my kid’s teacher. If you think of buying me a gift, it is likely I didn’t think of … Continue reading

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Crumbling walls…

Honestly I haven’t been super focused on Exponential Impact the past couple of days. At least not very much at an outward level. Having been stuck for a long time, I was excited to make a break through in counseling … Continue reading

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Impact Journal and Dare…4 days go by…

Today’s dare: Spend 15 minutes writing out what God has done in your life and through your life over the past two weeks. I haven’t blogged for the past few days because I got stuck. I have started at least … Continue reading

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Being pressed down…

Tenth Avenue North and Addison Road put on a fabulous concert/worship experience last night. I have always found concerts to be benchmark experiences in my life. Music touches my soul in a way nothing else ever has. It breaks through … Continue reading

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