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It cannot be an ill fortune to have loved a unicorn…

It was a long, busy week followed by a long, busy weekend. And not just normal busyness–it was the sort of busyness that consumes not just your time, but your mind, your heart, your sleep, your…well…pretty much everything. For me, there’s only one sure-fire method for recovering from that sort of busyness: a very long, very […]

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Book Review: You Were Born for This

“The Prayer of Jabez” got a bad rap. While many Christian preachers and publications were decrying it as a “bless ME, God” book–a lite version of the health, wealth, and prosperity gospel taken to the masses–millions of people inside and outside the church were learning that there is a God who is intimately interested in […]

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Emotional Vomit–Proceed with Caution

I am halfway through the book “The Irresistable Revolution” by Shane Claiborne, and it is making me cry. Shane is one of the founders of “The Simple Way” in Philidelphia, a community committed to–well, you’ll have to read the book. Peace. Non-violence. Living in community, friendship, and solidarity with the poor and homeless, while trying […]

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