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Storyteller's Hand-Me Downs: Crazy Love: Review from Goodreads.
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Monday, January 31, 2011. Crazy Love: Review from Goodreads. Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God. My rating: 2 of 5 stars. My actual rating for Crazy Love. Would have been 2 1/2 stars but Goodreads and Francis Chan, for that matter, would prefer nothing to be done half-way. I will admit, I did have high hopes having read many reviews hailing Crazy Love. As a ground-breaking, life-changing book. I was anticipating something more akin to The Ragamuffin Gospel. Or even Blue Like Jazz. Most of the re...
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ob.ser.va. tion: on my mind
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Sunday, October 11, 2009. It has lately become a habit of mine that while driving home from class (in Chicago, 3 nights a week.) I think about topics to potentially blog about. So I do have some fun ones in store, people. Let me know you're reading; it makes me feel bad when I don't post. I was taken aback by this. Mystified. Slightly appalled. I walked by in a hurry, trying not to look in that direction, but not really being able to help it.kind of like a train wreck. I think I am beginning to understan...
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Storyteller's Hand-Me Downs: Memoir Project: Bookends part I - Rigatoni and Macaroni
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Sunday, February 21, 2010. Memoir Project: Bookends part I - Rigatoni and Macaroni. Special thanks to those of you who have been reading along since the early days when an unnamed Xanga site appeared on the web. Some of what you will read here is a reimagining reminiscent of those days. Faith to Faith Broken Down:. 1987) Because I'm a child - Matthew 18:3. 2 (1987 - 1989) Because I don't want to go to hell - Luke 12:20. 3 (1989 - 1992) Because I'm sorry for my sins - Psalm 51:10. And so my first exposure...
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ob.ser.va. tion: Moving on...
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Thursday, January 7, 2010. I am saying goodbye to blogger today.and moving my site. Http:/ charissahollandmotley.wordpress.com. February 4, 2010 at 2:40:00 PM CST. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). We are falling through the cracks every minute of our lives. i want to witness the dawn and the dusk and the spaces in between. i am learning daily the art of observation. Guns, Germs and Steel (Jared Diamond). New Moon (Stephenie Meyer). Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell). Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen).
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ob.ser.va. tion: April 2009
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009. After a long hiatus. I sometimes feel like I have nothing to blog about any more. But really, life is one big adventure after another. So here are a few things that have been happening since my last post.in January. I am currently substitute teaching (as in right now while blogging) and loving it! Down the hallway, when I am using my grown-up alias- Mrs. Motley. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Guns, Germs and Steel (Jared Diamond). New Moon (Stephenie Meyer). A Thousand Splendid Suns.
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ob.ser.va. tion: goodwill to men
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009. And sometimes this may be true. But I wonder if we are being called to rise above the cynicism and offer goodwill for the sake of goodwill. If humanity as a whole would rise up and reach out to the downtrodden, perhaps they would be taken care of. Perhaps we could effectually achieve a glimpse of social justice. And then I keep walking. Arent these people hungry in May as well? Dont the children of prisoners need attention in March? November 21, 2009 at 9:54:00 PM CST. Decem...
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ob.ser.va. tion: the art of dying
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009. The art of dying. I couldn't help thinking to myself, seeing the world going up in a flame of color, that trees really know how to die. They have perfected the art of dying in a blaze of glory, and if I have to die, that's how I would prefer to go. We die in so many ways.the old dying slowly and softly, fading into shadows of themselves, while the trees set themselves ablaze, daring us not to notice their descent into winter. October 28, 2009 at 3:15:00 PM CST. We are falling...
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ob.ser.va. tion: these are a few of my favorite things
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009. These are a few of my favorite things. I became an English major primarily because I have a sick obsession with books. The book that started it for me? Anne of Green Gables, in 3rd grade. It turns out there is an entire. Of those books, so that kept me going for a while. Admitting you have a problem is the first step. 13 The Neverending Story. By Michael Ende. Again, if you think you know enough about this story because of the terrible 1980s movie(s) loosely based on Mich...
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Storyteller's Hand-Me Downs: East of Eden Part One
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Thursday, February 3, 2011. East of Eden Part One. My rating: 5 of 5 stars. View all my reviews. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The story of a road trip along the West Coast. The Oracle: Go here and learn something. This guy wrote some books you might like. This guy showed me the value of a toaster and some strawberry poptarts. She helped me get started. He got us through our vows. This guy knows the value of a Coke from McDonalds and Rocky IV. View my complete profile.
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ob.ser.va. tion: July 2008
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Thursday, July 24, 2008. The cynic in me. Lately I have been experiencing a kind of cynical block about "religion." And by lately I really mean for the last several months. See, I am struggling with the balance of being excited about my faith and the power of God and the cheese factor. What is the cheese factor, you ask? I can most accurately describe my attitude about it in two words: Christian DJs. Walking, stumbling on these shadowfeet. Toward home, a land that i've never seen. I'll be found in You.
