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The Battle Cry of the Uninspired: March 2009
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The Battle Cry of the Uninspired. Thursday, March 5, 2009. My Last Day in Sonseca. This is the last entry I will write on here from Spain. In two days (God and RyanAir willing) I will be home in the United States. This is hard to wrap my mind around, in truth. Now it is all memories. Or something like a memory. Tuesday, March 3, 2009. More Things About Spain, or "Peter Paul and Mary Jesus". Especially when she was born AFTER the dance craze? As I counted the pores on his nose he replied, "Eh, I'm sick...
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The Battle Cry of the Uninspired: November 2008
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The Battle Cry of the Uninspired. Thursday, November 27, 2008. Looking Forward to Loving You" and Giving Thanks, all in Mp3. First, here is a new and original song. I am very nervous to share it. It is longer than most things I write, but it is a story-song and thus merits it. I hope. Today is Thanksgiving and I would love to be in the United States. But here are some things I am thankful for:. Talking to my mother, father, and grandmother on Skype today. Having such a loving and beautiful family. But th...
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The Battle Cry of the Uninspired: Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
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The Battle Cry of the Uninspired. Saturday, October 2, 2010. Remember when I used to write on here? I am in the middle of creating and cultivating new habits to make my life more like I want it to be (thus the Bowie-referencing title, because who doesn't feel inspired to be a better man from listening to David Bowie? And this is good. So updates, then! Returning to Colorado, I decided to take a trip and clear my head (but of course the opposite always results). I went to the Great Sand Dunes National...
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The Battle Cry of the Uninspired: February 2009
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The Battle Cry of the Uninspired. Thursday, February 26, 2009. Sun Rise, Sun Rex, Sun Set, Sun Spent. It takes a while to travel to Portugal, as I decided to do last weekend with my friend Caroline. I was to meet her in Badajoz first, so I had plenty of time to think throughout the day. I woke early to catch buses and was rewarded with seeing the sun rise, illuminating fog that had crept over and peacefully lay like a blanket on the low mountains of Castilla-La Mancha. The sun dipped below the horizon ca...
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The Battle Cry of the Uninspired: Stages of Being at Home: Rest
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The Battle Cry of the Uninspired. Sunday, October 3, 2010. Stages of Being at Home: Rest. As I travel more and see the sadly homogenized cityscapes (the same Wal-Marts, same fast food joints, same hotels becoming faux-familiarity-inducing landmarks), it is good to see my home not in stasis but rather following a known path. And so I sink into them all, thrill to find that I still fit, and I rest. So, i miss you. I suppose i should have tried calling instead. I would like that alot. Blah, blah, blog.
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The Battle Cry of the Uninspired: January 2009
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The Battle Cry of the Uninspired. Thursday, January 29, 2009. Playing the Victim," or Another Song Posted in Fashionable Mp3 Format. Here is a song I've been sitting on for a while and finally recorded. I wrote the lyrics sitting just outside of the walled portion of Toledo a month or so ago. It's about wanting to believe someone despite all the evidence pointing to the contrary. Keep in mind, I wrote it a while ago, so there is no grudge behind this song. Not all of the feelings are still true. Four hou...
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The Battle Cry of the Uninspired: Stages of Being at Home: Grief
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The Battle Cry of the Uninspired. Wednesday, October 20, 2010. Stages of Being at Home: Grief. To grieve is to reconcile a sense of loss, re-evaluating yourself in terms of now being without whatever it is you have outlived. But we do so selectively, and surely we have to in the face of all that we could grieve. But to see things as such is maddening. And heaven to look to! Grief was just one part of the trip home, and grief is always a part of life going on. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). As though...
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The Battle Cry of the Uninspired: January 2010
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The Battle Cry of the Uninspired. Monday, January 25, 2010. Some of you know this, too: I am very ready to have a decent job, and to earn a living. Now that I'm a fully mature man of 24, this seems to be right and proper. I have not written much about this "decent job" that I am seeking because it would be embarrassing not to get hired and then to have this failure memorialized in digital form. But I DO need a decent job; I will allow that. Hopefully it will come sooner than later, just like heaven.
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The Battle Cry of the Uninspired: May 2009
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The Battle Cry of the Uninspired. Saturday, May 2, 2009. One Last Thing Before I Go. And now the final installment of ruminations on the subject of "remembering.". In the Church we speak optimistically of putting our former ways behind us and "pressing on" to a new life. We love Philippians 3, when Paul says that he forgets "what is behind." We love it! We eat it up and pledge to forget, too. It is a believer's duty! But it is enough for what? By all means no! He immediately swore to right the many wrong...
