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I am a minivan mom living in Austin, TX. Current topics swirling around my head therefore bound to end up on this blog at some point: following Jesus and making Him known among the nations, mixtapes, adoption, race issues in America, university life,
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Our Advocate In "Adam"
My husband and I saw the profoundly thoughtful movie Adam this weekend. For those whose lives have been touched by Asperger’s Syndrome, it’s a must-see.One of my favorite scenes takes place at the beginning of the story. Adam—the main character...
No Ordinary Love
The other day I was talking with a friend about a woman we know who is leaving her husband after only three years of marriage. My friend theorized that because the woman had recently lost a significant amount of weight, she now felt like she deserved...
Music Video: In The 80's
Rhett & Link are truly two of the funniest people I know. (Except that I don't actually know them. I just know alot of people who do know them.) If you want a great night of entertainment, spend some time flipping through their awesome website.Bu...
Top 10 Songs I Loved To Sing In Front Of The Mirror With A Hairbrush Microphone When I Was Growing Up
10.I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor**9. Got To Be Real – Cheryl Lynn8. Lady (You Bring Me Up) – The Commodores7. Back In Love Again – LTD6. I Can’t Stand The Rain – Eruption5. Shake Your Body – The Jacksons4. Fire – Pointer Sisters3. Da...
Joan On Julia
In an interview from the June 29 issue of Time magazine, actress Joan Cusack revealed why she considers Julia Child a personal role model:“Julia…showed that it’s never too late: she didn’t learn to cook till she was 37 and didn’t start her ...
Real Life Spotless Minds
One of my favorite movies of all time is Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Besides being a really well-made movie, I find the themes it explores fascinating.Is it truly better to have loved and lost, than to never have loved at all? If you were ...
MIXTAPE: All Responses Must Be Phrased In The Form Of A Question
Inspired by the title of my last mixtape, the theme is: Songs with titles that ask a questionRules:· This one is pretty straightforward (see Theme).· The length of the mixtape must not exceed 90 minutes.· Only one song per artist.· I must like th...
Flutter: The New Twitter
For those of you who think Twitter is just too old-school:(If the video doesn't show up in your browser, click here.) ...
A Chance To Change The World
I’ve been listening to the new U2 album a lot since it came out. (It’s taking some getting used to. But that’s a topic for another day.)The following lyric from “I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight” keeps sticking in my head:“Ev...
What Happens To Your Body When You Drink A Coke
I love Coca-Cola.Ice cold, over ice. Or better yet, in Icee form.I know it’s bad for me. Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin were right when they dubbed it “liquid Satan” a couple of years ago.But I didn’t know just how bad it was, specifically, u...
The Life and Death of John Locke
I love LOST. I think it is the BEST. TV. SHOW. EVER. Every week I am blown away by the brilliance of the storytelling. The plot intricacy. The religious, sci-fi, and literary allusions. The universal themes and epic struggles. The characters who bre...
How Much The Lord Has Done
This morning I was reading the story of Jesus’ healing a demon-possessed man, from the Gospel of Mark. After being freed from control of the evil spirits, the man asks if he can please come along with Jesus as He travels the region ministering to p...
A Higher Calling
Evangelism—sharing with others the good news of the cross of Jesus Christ—has certainly fallen out of fashion in the American church these days. It’s tough: with relativism the rule in our culture, anyone who claims to know The Truth is viewed ...
Songsmith Smackdown
I am having so much fun with this:Microsoft has recently released music software called Songsmith. What Songsmith does is create a musical accompaniment track for a person’s previously-recorded vocals. Users can influence the outcome by adjusting m...
25 Of My Core Beliefs
This is a take on the Facebook game “25 Random Things About Me”. Created by my friend Scott Crocker, and inspired by The Internet Monk, it is entitled “25 of My Core Beliefs.” Not so much habits, preferences or likes/dislikes, this list conta...
My Kinda Football Game
On February 1, the Arizona Cardinals will take on the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLIII. Like many Americans, I have a fondness for Super Bowl Sunday. Although I will probably be more interested in the commercials than the score of the game, I...
Jack Facts
In honor of tonight's season premiere of "24", here's a collection of things you need to know about Jack Bauer:· If you wake up in the morning, it’s because Jack Bauer spared your life.· If Jack Bauer was in a room with Hitler, Stalin, and Nina M...
"24" Season Premiere
**spoiler alert**I had forgotten how thrilling the simple sound of “beep…beep…beep…beep” from the “24” digital clock can be. A year and a half after the last full season of the show ended, we are finally picking up where we left off wi...
Whopper Sacrifice
Thanks to Matt Mikalatos at Burning Hearts Revolution for alerting me to the WHOPPER SACRIFICE Facebook Application. For every 10 Facebook friends you “unfriend” Burger King will give you a free Whopper. Genius. ...
