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Does that make sense?: 40 Days of Gratitude: Day 33 (Home)
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Does that make sense? A blog by C.J. Stephens. What's with the name? Why In A School? Red Light Film and Art Project. Friday, April 11, 2014. 40 Days of Gratitude: Day 33 (Home). Tonight is another night where it is hard to be grateful. Parenting is such a struggle now, and I am having a hard time feeling any sense of hope. It doesn't feel like anything we're doing is working, which means every day is a slow build up of frustration, fear, and desperation. I am thankful for our little house because it is ...
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Does that make sense?: 40 Days of Gratitude: Day 38 (Books)
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Does that make sense? A blog by C.J. Stephens. What's with the name? Why In A School? Red Light Film and Art Project. Saturday, April 19, 2014. 40 Days of Gratitude: Day 38 (Books). Today I am thankful for books. and brilliant writers. and for the fact that God has imbued humanity with such remarkable creativity! Today, I got to read a rough draft of Curtis' sermon for Easter Sunday, and in it he makes mention of a book he read a few weeks ago during our media fast, The Book Thief. I am grateful for grea...
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Does that make sense?: 40 Days of Gratitude: Day 31 (Job: Clothes)
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Does that make sense? A blog by C.J. Stephens. What's with the name? Why In A School? Red Light Film and Art Project. Thursday, April 10, 2014. 40 Days of Gratitude: Day 31 (Job: Clothes). Today I am grateful that I have a job where I can wear whatever I want to work. Again, I know this all sound inane, but I think there might be more significance to it that we'd think. The reality of life is this: figuring out who we are is a very difficult thing, and we all spend most of our lives trying to figure ...
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Does that make sense?: 40 Days of Gratitude: Day 39 (Warrior)
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Does that make sense? A blog by C.J. Stephens. What's with the name? Why In A School? Red Light Film and Art Project. Saturday, April 19, 2014. 40 Days of Gratitude: Day 39 (Warrior). Today I am grateful for the movie Warrior. This is partly inspired by the fact that my belated self birthday present of the Blu-Ray, DVD, Digital Copy combo pack just arrived at my house today. This is probably going to sound ridiculous, but I love the movie Warrior. And the ending of Warrior. But not just because I like it...
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Does that make sense?: 40 Days of Gratitude: Day 40 (Lent)
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Does that make sense? A blog by C.J. Stephens. What's with the name? Why In A School? Red Light Film and Art Project. Sunday, April 20, 2014. 40 Days of Gratitude: Day 40 (Lent). On this, my final post of Lent, I want to take a moment to be grateful for. Lent. Didn't come up with it it must be archaic, primitive, regressive, etc. However, there is also profound wisdom and brilliance there too! I am so grateful for Lent and the person, the people, the hundreds or thousands, who created it and handed it do...
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Does that make sense?: 40 Days of Gratitude: Day 37 (Good Food)
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Does that make sense? A blog by C.J. Stephens. What's with the name? Why In A School? Red Light Film and Art Project. Wednesday, April 16, 2014. 40 Days of Gratitude: Day 37 (Good Food). Today I am grateful for good food. They say distance makes the heart grow fonder, and that is definitely true. This week we are doing a food fast in which we are eating only seven different foods. Our foods are intended to identify with Guatemala: breads, beans, rice, cheese, avocados, bananas, and peanut butter. It is i...
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Does that make sense?: 40 Days of Gratitude: Day 34 (Childhood)
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Does that make sense? A blog by C.J. Stephens. What's with the name? Why In A School? Red Light Film and Art Project. Tuesday, April 15, 2014. 40 Days of Gratitude: Day 34 (Childhood). Today I am grateful for my childhood. I just think this is a fairly accurate, objective assesment of my personality.). I also feel strongly about trying to see both sides of our political spectrum with sobriety and perspective. One of my deepest desires in life both as a private person and as a pastor is try and transc...
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Does that make sense?: 40 Days of Gratitude: Day 27 (Community Partnerships)
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Does that make sense? A blog by C.J. Stephens. What's with the name? Why In A School? Red Light Film and Art Project. Friday, April 4, 2014. 40 Days of Gratitude: Day 27 (Community Partnerships). Today I am grateful for new community partnerships! After laboring for a long time with intentions that surpassed results (which I'm also coming to learn is part of the growing process), God seems to really be putting the pieces together for us to begin really doing what we've always dreamed. (The WFG is jus...
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Does that make sense?: 40 Days of Gratitude: Day 25 (Holly's Job)
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Does that make sense? A blog by C.J. Stephens. What's with the name? Why In A School? Red Light Film and Art Project. Wednesday, April 2, 2014. 40 Days of Gratitude: Day 25 (Holly's Job). Today I am grateful for my wife's job/career. Now that we have two kids we know how difficult a balance like this really is to have and maintain. (Almost every romantic notion we had before having kids has been blown up over the last 5 1/2 years! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. 40 Days of G...
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Does that make sense?: 40 Days of Gratitude: Day 32 (God as Father)
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Does that make sense? A blog by C.J. Stephens. What's with the name? Why In A School? Red Light Film and Art Project. Thursday, April 10, 2014. 40 Days of Gratitude: Day 32 (God as Father). Let me begin by saying if there was ever an evening when I didn't feel grateful, it is now. I coach Abby's Kindergarten girls soccer team, and our practices are on Thursday evenings. So today I got to be coach for a bunch of 5 and 6 year old girls. Parenting is extremely difficult, and I feel most of the time like I a...