From Daughters of Hope by Kay Marshall Strom and Michele Rickett (a book I chose to read as part of my internship requirement):
There are very few Bibles and very little Christian literature available in Tunisia. “It’s so hard for new believers to grow when they don’t have access to the Bible,” Taiza said. “If they [...]
Filed under: Christianity, Scripture on September 30th, 2007 | No Comments »
“But there’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.”
-Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Isn’t it a wonderful feeling when renewed and utter gratefulness for grace sweeps over you like a flood? Yesterday I was thinking about something I had done that ended up hurting someone. I felt so miserable. The person had forgiven [...]
Filed under: Christianity, Personal Reflection on September 28th, 2007 | No Comments »
An article I skimmed at Boundless this morning, about the heart of biblical masculinity, made me ponder correspondingly the heart of what it means to be a woman of God. It’s easy to focus on the outer trappings of biblical womanhood, the applications of how it is played out in the home and the family [...]
Filed under: Biblical Femininity on September 26th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I thought I would have to babysit three days this week. I’m only babysitting one afternoon and one evening. During the evening job, the baby will be asleep for most of it.
Class was cancelled tonight! I don’t have to give my speech until next week!
One test is over. It went fairly well. And although I [...]
Filed under: My Life on September 24th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I feel like I’m reaching my limit.
I know that’s not true. People all over the world have to handle a lot more than this. I’m incredibly blessed in so many ways. There are trials that make everything I’ve faced in my life pale in comparison.
But in my finite mind, the way it feels is as though [...]
Filed under: My Life on September 23rd, 2007 | No Comments »
Sitting here in this messy room with a weekend of homework ahead of me, I’m trying to remember how I got to this moment. I’m trying to blame someone, anyone but myself, for this inescapable load that’s pressing on my mind.
Maybe it started when I chose to babysit all of those extra hours last week.
Or [...]
Filed under: Personal Reflection on September 21st, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I finally published an index of my book reviews. That page is no longer a lengthy scrolldown. I’ve been wanting to do that for a long time, so I took a little break out of my crazy-beyond-belief week and got it done. Do you think it’s efficient and can be effectively utilized?
Filed under: Blogging on September 20th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I’m confused. My passions for two things are almost at odds with each other, and I don’t know how to combine them. I don’t know how God wants me to combine them.
On the one hand, it’s ministry. People. Refugees. The inner city. Orphans. Social work. Foster kids. Teenage mothers. The unborn.
On the other hand, it’s [...]
Filed under: Career/Education on September 17th, 2007 | 4 Comments »
I’m a girly girl in many ways, but not when it comes to shopping. I don’t mind window shopping, and I love book shopping (even though my wallet sure doesn’t). I don’t even mind shopping alone, especially when I’m not desperately searching for one much-needed item. But I am never going to be a girl [...]
Filed under: Miscellaneous on September 15th, 2007 | 6 Comments »
My little battery-operated, digital alarm clock is simultaneously one of my most prized and one of my most loathed possessions. I prize it because it is pretty much the only thing in the world that makes it possible for me to be a good student, by making it to my 10:00 class, and to get [...]
Filed under: My Life on September 13th, 2007 | 4 Comments »
