Many times throughout my posts I have mentioned Ecclesia, a house church I am a part of here in Salem. A week ago we went camping on the beach and while there, I had the idea of creating a photo study of their faces, a style of photography I have often admired in the work […]
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When you hear the word “church”, what comes to mind? If you are like me, the first thing that pops into your head is the picture of a building like the one above. You think of the tall windows, the steeple, or simply the building you enter into on a semi-regular basis, or the one you
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I made my family cry. I didn’t mean to. But I seem to have a funny talent for making people cry with what I write. It never even occurred to me that they would find my blog before I had even had the chance to meet them and that it would turn their eyes into
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I’ll write about how the reunion is going later on when the kitchen isn’t resembling Grand Central Station, but for now, here is a video of pictures we took yesterday.Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.
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The fog is beginning to lift to where I can just make out the other shore and a bird taking an early morning cruise over the sound searching, I am sure, for a delicious fish breakfast. In the room next to me, I can hear my aunt and uncle waking up and getting ready for
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This last Wednesday I was invited to join the Freedom Friends Fishing Club as an honorary guest for the day. And while with them, I learned some things. One does not eat while fishing. (Good thing I wasn’t fishing.) Don’t tease people while fishing – especially if you’re in a boat. Catching each other’s hooks
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You always find out how much stuff you really have when you move. You also realize how much you have that you don’t use. Think about it. How much stuff do you have that you wouldn’t miss if you didn’t have it? Really? How much would you never know is gone? Those are the questions
“Did you get the July notes?” “No, I don’t remember getting them.” “I sent them on July first.” “Hmm. I’ll double check when I get home.” This, more or less, was the conversation Stacey and I had tonight after she looked at the On Tap website for July, a website I designed and regularly update
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When I was at the women’s conference, I felt I came so tightly wound, a state of “doing” I have since found to be a very common state of affairs among many friends. It seems the last few months have been incredibly hectic and busy for numerous people. We are a collective crew learning to
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