…I have another one going over at my personal blog. Check it out! Now! Seriously, leave and get over there!

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If I have 1 tee shirt by LifeIsGood I’ve got 10,423 of them. That’s a rough estimate of how many I’ve bought over the years though the figure could be considerably lower. Or not.
I love the simplicity and the whimsy of their designs but most of all I love the core message; life is good, [...]

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I’ve posted this photograph of my grandma and me before. My blog. My grandma. Try to stop me!
Grandma’s name was Rosina. She was a true Swiss and the quintessential grandma. She and Grandpa had a family dairy (that continues to this day) and my childhood is stuffed to the brim with memories of being near [...]

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Today’s post is part of a larger initiative of more than 50 bloggers, all sharing their thoughts on how to “bride the gap” between people on the topic of faith and sexuality.  You can find the links of other bloggers participating in this undertaking at Bridging the Gap, an outreach of New Directions Ministries of [...]

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What can I say? The weather has been beautiful and so I’ve been outside. Walking, bike riding, strolling through the fresh produce at the farmer’s market, sitting in the shade in front of the coffee shop reading and generally playing like a kid on summer vacation. This little pastoral photo is of my beloved from [...]

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I preach as often as I clean out the junk drawer in our kitchen which is to say about two or three times a year. One of those rare preaching gigs seems to traditionally fall on the Sunday after summer break begins which means attendance is somewhere between scant and minimal. I like it that [...]

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I’ve been obese all my life. I spent my life transitioning from baby fat to chubby to overweight to obese to morbidly obese.  I only knew what it was to be the biggest kid in every class and the largest woman in every gathering. There were limitations on my life because of my weight. There [...]

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I have some crazy collections for a middle-aged woman. I’ve managed to stockpile about 200 Starbuck gift cards, a small suitcase of postcards, and my Pez Candy Dispenser collection is currently hovering somewhere around 500, give or take. I have another collection. Domain names. At present I own 11 of them, and yes, in case [...]

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While Jesus was still speaking, suddenly a crowd came, and the one called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He approached Jesus to kiss him; but Jesus said to him, ‘Judas, is it with a kiss that you are betraying the Son of Man?’ When those who were around him saw what was [...]

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Sorry Slowpokes, but all the copies of “Reflections of Simplicity” have already been claimed.
Better luck next time mi hermanas y hermanos!

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