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A Heart to Heart by Way of Long Johns: August 2012
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Thursday, August 30, 2012. Sometimes I Am Embarrassed to Call Myself a Christian. Yes, I said it. I am ashamed of the name/stigma that those who call themselves “Christians” have given Christianity. It’s ridiculous. Christianity has the stigma that it has because of these people. Which derives from the word Χριστός. Or Christ. Christian literally means follower of Christ. For some reason when I think of being a follower of Christ, I have a flashback to my childhood and the movie. This is a BIG pet peeve ...
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A Heart to Heart by Way of Long Johns: Sometimes I Am Embarrassed to Call Myself a Christian
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Thursday, August 30, 2012. Sometimes I Am Embarrassed to Call Myself a Christian. Yes, I said it. I am ashamed of the name/stigma that those who call themselves “Christians” have given Christianity. It’s ridiculous. Christianity has the stigma that it has because of these people. Which derives from the word Χριστός. Or Christ. Christian literally means follower of Christ. For some reason when I think of being a follower of Christ, I have a flashback to my childhood and the movie. This is a BIG pet peeve ...
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A Heart to Heart by Way of Long Johns: Serengeti...Sweet Fellowship...Shopping. Oh yeah, and rain.
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Saturday, April 13, 2013. Serengeti.Sweet Fellowship.Shopping. Oh yeah, and rain. For the love, stop praying for rain! He has heard and answered your prayers! Just when we think we are going to have an absolutely gorgeous day, the clouds roll in and BAM…there’s rain falling. Seriously, I should have packed some rain boots! Oh well, at least the crops are getting watered so they can grow. Which means there will be ample amounts of rice and beans for me to consume. Yummy! My favorite African meal! Our day ...
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A Heart to Heart by Way of Long Johns: July 2009
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Friday, July 31, 2009. Love by Way of Sunglasses. In the past week or so I have had the same conversation with two different friends in different states so I thought I would share a little about the topic. Actually this is quite different from my normal blog posts, but hey, it's my blog so I can post whatever it is that I want to post! Anyway, the first part of this post is actually a entry from my journal on July 12, 2009:. I wanna know what love is.'- Foreigner. Love, true love.'. As all of this hit me...
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A Heart to Heart by Way of Long Johns: December 2011
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011. 4 Words that Changed.Part 2. Fact: I never seized to be amazed. Who God uses to change the world. Mary’s life was changed by four words and if you think that she was an unlikely character to speak such powerful words then the next group was WAY unlikely. Many people thought that the Savior of the world would come by way of a great king who would be worshiped by the highest of highs. We all know that is not what happened! This job was low on the totem poll, if you will. OK, t...
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A Heart to Heart by Way of Long Johns: March 2011
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011. A few days later I was just having one of those days. I was wondering what in the world God was up to.Wondering if I was really making a difference in this world.Wondering if I was where I was supposed to be doing what I was supposed to be doing. I asked God for a head nod.I looked around and got nothing. What is God doing? Why is everything in my world changing? Why does God allow me to feel this way? Meet Miss Meredith :) from Tanner". That's my prayer. That no matter the...
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A Heart to Heart by Way of Long Johns: June 2009
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Friday, June 12, 2009. The Little Things in Life. Lately I have been repeatedly reminded of how the little things in life can make a BIG difference. To be honest it has been rather entertaining, but it has been rather convicting too. The first instance happened during VBS last week and came from a first grader. When asked if she was having fun she quickly replied with "Yes, it's better then that Methodist church. It's longer and funner and the bathrooms are cleaner! This doesn't mean that you have to go ...
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A Heart to Heart by Way of Long Johns: May 2011
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Saturday, May 28, 2011. So the past few weeks have been nothing but crazy. Going here, going there, doing this, doing that, finishing up one thing while starting up something new. Crazy I tell you, just crazy busy. However, if you really know me, I like crazy. Crazy is what keeps me going. (Yeah, crazy, I know! As I closed the door yesterday to a job that I loved, but fully understood that it is was time to move on, I opened the door to.Well, I'm not sure what! Each night of this crazy summer that I will...
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A Heart to Heart by Way of Long Johns: July 2011
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Saturday, July 23, 2011. Reason, Season, Lifetime. There is a well known poem called "Reason, Season, Lifetime" that is about friendship. The gist of the poem is to state that there are three types of friends. A friend that is in your life for a reason, a friend that is there for a season and a friend that is there for a lifetime. While I can pinpoint different friends in my life who fit in each of these. Because after 21 years of just having reason, season. We have this “talent” of. A crazy friendship t...
