July 2010

Oh My Word

July 30, 2010 family

Unless you’re living in an island by yourself, and unless there is something seriously wrong with you, you’re bound to say many, many words to the people around you. Actually, it doesn’t just have to be vocal. In this digital age, we’re sending out tens of thousands of words a day to people at any [...]

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I Like Misery, Yes I Do

July 28, 2010 God

It’s been almost a month since I’ve been back home to Northern Virginia. And throughout that period, I’ve been up and down in a funk. To be honest, even after I had written that post about being in a funk, it still took me quite awhile to break myself out of opaque, leaden bubble of [...]

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Joanne’s Hands

July 26, 2010 eating out

I met my favorite person for lunch today! Okay, I have a lot of favorite persons…but she really IS my favorite person, I swear! Her name is Joanne, and she is the junior pastor of our church. I adore and admire her so much. You know how some people can just do no wrong in [...]

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Can You Listen?

July 24, 2010 eating out

I was hit by a serious case of lethargy yesterday. Ever have one of those days? Those days when you feel like you’ve been struck with paralysis…brain paralysis, I mean. You don’t wanna move, you don’t wanna talk, you don’t wanna read. You just want to sit still and…I don’t know…Look at the clock tick [...]

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Guest Post: Come Full Circle

July 23, 2010 eating disorders

Several months ago, I had “Joseph” as my guest to write a post for me about a different kind of fasting through the perspective of an eating disordered male. Here is his follow-up post about the process of his recovery. *     *     *     *     *     * A day of reflection hits, you’re a shell, skin [...]

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It’s a Man Bite Man World

July 21, 2010 God

I recently got into a little friendly debate with my friend Jane. She once wrote on her facebook update: “People I will never understand: dog haters, people who don’t like swimming, and murderers.” I had to reply immediately: “I’m a dog-hater. I also don’t like swimming. I’m not a murderer though…forgive me?” Now, the last [...]

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