Dear people, If you know anything about me by now, you will know that when I start Dear People I’m about to be particularly truthful with you. Much as I dislike blogging about blogging, it’s time for another little heart-to-heart about where we’re at. Can we pretend it’s just the two of us talking over […]
So I’ve been thinking about the tragic Charlie Hebdo shooting and wondering. I’ve lived within western democracy for so long that it’s hard to think in any other terms, but is freedom of speech a Christian value? That is, was it important to Christ, and should it be to His followers? You can hardly claim
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Confession: I never could get the hang of January. This year I am blessed. I have energy and focus and I love my life, but some days some days I worry myself sick over the silliest things, and I just can’t think of that WORD while I’m talking to my children (and so I stammer
This is me writing yesterday. This is me writing today. Thanks to all who shared thoughtful and gracious comments (both of approval and disapproval), and thanks to everyone else as well. I would just call to mind two things that I say in my blogging purpose statement; they seem to fit. “I make a continual and
*This post has been edited to remove a word that was causing offense to too many. I asked you to push back on me and you did. It’s not offensive to me personally, but quite frankly it’s not worth fighting for. I stand corrected. ***** Dear people, Could we all please stop kidding* each other
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Confession: I’m going to commit an unforgiveable sin this week. Two of them. I’m going to host another giveaway tomorrow. And then I’m going to publish a post that contains the word “gluten.” And a bad word.* *Unless of course I get cold feet, a health condition I am much prone to. I have to
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Popcorn [pop’ corn] Noun a. A delicious snack made from superheating the dried kernels of corn. b. A brief and random collection of thoughts and experiences. A smattering. Last night I thought that with popcorn, coffee, and The Fellowship of the Ring, my world was as complete as it could ever be. Except I drank
“Hagar, Sarai’s servant, where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I am running away from my mistress,” she said. Then the angel of the Lord said, “Return to your mistress and submit to her authority. I will give you more descendants than you can count. You are now pregnant and will give
You always knew this would happen, right? You knew that sooner or later, the pristine purity of my writing would be compromised by the cold world of materialistic capitalism, and I would become a puppet writer for Mennonite businesses. Yep. That day is upon us. From here on out it’s going to be all about
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Confession: This almost seems egotistical for a Mennonite to link to. But a friend told me about it in the last month and I was blessed. I think we could probably take a moment to hear what Mr. Taylor had to say–to celebrate what we’re good at without forgetting we don’t have it all– What
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