Last Monday, I decided to have another bash at health and fitness: my Paradox Project: Gaining Health and Closeness to God, by losing weight.Well, I started slowly. Have lost 2 pounds this week. It's better to start slowly because a spectacular … [Continue reading]
Personal Facebook Status Updates
Most Read Posts on Dreaming Beneath the Spires. 1 When to fail quickly and quit. 2 1001 Gifts: My New Church My Last Two Months in Facebook Statuses Watched the last Harry Potter with some sadness. End of an era. We started on … [Continue reading]
Confessing One Another’s Sins
I heard a detailed and passionate confession of my sins yesterday.Except I didn't make it. * * *Years ago, Roy and I went through a process of discipleship with our friend, Paul, who would … [Continue reading]
Being an Entrepreneur and Being a Christian?
Just watched The Social Network. You know, Roy and I love entrepreneurship, really enjoy it, but are always reining back our natural entrepreneurial instincts because we are Christians. You know...those who seek wealth piercing themselves with … [Continue reading]
The Seventeenth Century Nun’s Prayer
LORD,Thou knowest better than I know myselfthat I am growing older and will someday be old.Keep me from the fatal habit of thinking I must say somethingon every subject and on every occasion.Release me from craving to straighten out everybody's … [Continue reading]
Faith as a Game of Chicken
Faith takes guts.We need to step out on the waters in faith, believing that they will sustain us, and we will not sink.This can be true in things like giving time or money, out of one's lack.It can also be true, when you hear God's directions to take … [Continue reading]
Facebook, Blogs, Twitter and the Writers’ Brain
I first joined Facebook in 2009. It was my third year of working in a small business I had founded, and the third year in which I had not written at all, and had barely read books. My writing fingers had atrophied. My creativity, … [Continue reading]
1001 Gifts: # 2. NOT being busy
Gosh, this is something I so enjoy everyday. Not being busy!! Being able to go through my day calmly and quietly knowing there is not much that is pressing which has to be done, and that there will be time to do everything.We were so busy for about 4 … [Continue reading]
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