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Fiction is not life, but it could be more like it…

September 25, 2010

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“It seems she had one hemorrhage after another. They couldn’t stop it. I went into the room and stayed with Catherine until she died. She was unconscious the whole time, and it did not take her very long to die. … It was like saying good bye to a statue. After a while I went […]

A new family

September 22, 2010

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Family comes in many different shapes and forms. I have been blessed time and time again to be surrounded by people who fill my life with joy and community. On Monday I left at 5:30 with the staff of the GBGM Office for a trip to Rattanakiri, on the border of Cambodia and Vietnam. The […]

Writing and Life

September 16, 2010

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“Write first, think later.” Finding Forrester So often I am reading something or watching a movie and I see something that triggers some thought process in my head. This kicks off a chain reaction of thoughts that sometimes make it to this blog. Very rarely do I just sit my computer and write. Not to […]

Hope into a Home

September 11, 2010

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As I sit here and watch the 9/11 memorial service on CNN International I would like to tell you about a project that I am working on, a project that I pray can turn hopes into a home. Phnom Penh has buildings rising left and right. In an effort to increase development and continue to […]

Music, Movies, and Poetry

September 7, 2010

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“I have always sought to discover what man is, and finally I have understood. He is the language of God.” Hasidic Saying Quoted by Elie Wiesel “Then God said, let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness;” Genesis 1:26 Why are we effected the way we are? Why do things seem to […]

Take this Sabbath day (9-5-10)

September 5, 2010

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(God speaking to Abraham) “I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you. I will estabilsh my covenant between me an dyou, and your offspring after you throughout their generations, for an everlasting covenant to be God to you and to your offspring after you.” […]