HAPPY HALLOWEEN, today
probably, the best halloween of my life. except for the year my friend kari & i were siamese twins and we fell over trying to pick up her fallen snickers on the ground and couldn't get back up--that has its own category. i made a piñata costume out of a box and construction paper and we (me, my roommates ashley and jordana, and jordana's boyfriend andy) walked to chipotle and waited in line for $2 burritos. then we brought them back to our place and watched a good 3 to 4 hours of really crappy werewolf movies on tv. it was so good.
that said, i'm mary, also excited about the blog, glad that we are all doing this. things i like, assorted:
1. a really good cold press iced coffee.
2. when God says things that i am not expecting him to, when i am not expecting him to.
3. pictures that, no matter how many times i see them, will always make me laugh just as much as the first time.
4. people. especially people that i know and love. and also people that i will love. and also people that i am around. people in general.
5. i'll add a fifth, for good measure--nevermind, i'm going to turn out the lights instead
Monday, October 31, 2011
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Oh hey guys.
My name is Danae Moran and I'm excited about this blog.
I love Jesus.
I am young and married.
I am an (almost) social worker.
I am passionate about adoption and families.
I am an artist.
I am a part of a family.
5 things I have been liking lately ...
1. Coldplay's new Mylo Xyloto album. It's golden.
2. LibriVox -- an awesome resource of free online audiobooks to download! You can also volunteer to read and add to the library, I'm currently listening to Little Women.
3. Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster - currently reading and discussing with my sister. A book to challenge and teach you how spiritual growth and change happens through disciplines such as meditation, prayer, study, and fasting.
4. This season -- fall is my favorite. Lots of brisk mornings, over sized sweaters, warm drinks, and good conversations.
5. My internship. I'm so blessed to work with amazing children, helping them move out of the foster care system into their forever families (via adoption).
My name is Danae Moran and I'm excited about this blog.
I love Jesus.
I am young and married.
I am an (almost) social worker.
I am passionate about adoption and families.
I am an artist.
I am a part of a family.
5 things I have been liking lately ...
1. Coldplay's new Mylo Xyloto album. It's golden.
2. LibriVox -- an awesome resource of free online audiobooks to download! You can also volunteer to read and add to the library, I'm currently listening to Little Women.
3. Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster - currently reading and discussing with my sister. A book to challenge and teach you how spiritual growth and change happens through disciplines such as meditation, prayer, study, and fasting.
4. This season -- fall is my favorite. Lots of brisk mornings, over sized sweaters, warm drinks, and good conversations.
5. My internship. I'm so blessed to work with amazing children, helping them move out of the foster care system into their forever families (via adoption).
Meaningless Vanity
This morning I was heading to church by myself, and as I was driving there I decided I really did not want to go to church, but instead I wanted to go have coffee by myself and listen to a sermon online from what I believe is the best church in the United States (based on my personal preferences, my passion for hearing the truth told in a very blunt and straightforward manner, and my distaste for churches made up of a congregation from the same economic class, race, political system, etc...basically a congregation in a box of SAME-ness in something other than a love and passion for Jesus). Anyway, I went to the Red Raven, ordered a beautifully created vanilla latte and watched this sermon:
A Tale of Two Preachers (Reality LA sermon, part of a series on Ecclesiastes)
I thought it was the best teaching on Ecclesiastes I'd ever heard, and I'm excited to continue watching the series. Any of Pastor Tim Chaddick's sermons are worth taking an hour out of your day to listen to, so definitely look around the website for topics you're interested in. If your internet sucks (like mine) and streaming doesn't always work, then you can get the podcasts of the sermons here.
P.S. Kelsey, I love your post and I have a lot to say about that concept, I think about it often....I will definitely be commenting on it soon.
A Tale of Two Preachers (Reality LA sermon, part of a series on Ecclesiastes)
I thought it was the best teaching on Ecclesiastes I'd ever heard, and I'm excited to continue watching the series. Any of Pastor Tim Chaddick's sermons are worth taking an hour out of your day to listen to, so definitely look around the website for topics you're interested in. If your internet sucks (like mine) and streaming doesn't always work, then you can get the podcasts of the sermons here.
P.S. Kelsey, I love your post and I have a lot to say about that concept, I think about it often....I will definitely be commenting on it soon.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
saturday afternoon philosophy
Hey everyone :]
This is my first post to The Blog. I'm Kelsey and I like poetry, green tea, and teepees.
I have a quirky philosophical topic to toss out to the wind, and I wonder how many other people think about this idea. The other day I realized that, in my mind, I categorize time frames in my life, and they all have their own unique "feeling" that includes smells, colors, and emotions. An example would be the year when I was in specific shows at a theater, or the time when I lived in a 3-story flat as a kid. Anyway, even if it's a time period in my life that I wasn't particularly fond of, when I look back on it, I miss it.
Recently, I've analyzed this about myself, and I started to wonder what it will be like when the life I'm living right now becomes a part of the "past", and I start to miss the little things that happen to me at this point in my routine. Without a doubt, I'm going to miss my part-time job shelving books at a library, talking to co-workers with whom I'm not even that close, and having to hold onto hot tea because it's too cold. It kind of started to weird me out thinking about my life as if I'm viewing it from the future. At the same time, though, it made me start to appreciate everything I'm doing right now, from my slightly frustrating Political Science class, to hoodie I wear all the time, to the schedule I have at work. Because at some point, even though I'll be in another stage of life that I hope to like just the same, I'll miss where I am now.
Just a random thought, tell me if you've experienced similar things! Hope you're all having a lovely autumn.
Kelsey
This is my first post to The Blog. I'm Kelsey and I like poetry, green tea, and teepees.
I have a quirky philosophical topic to toss out to the wind, and I wonder how many other people think about this idea. The other day I realized that, in my mind, I categorize time frames in my life, and they all have their own unique "feeling" that includes smells, colors, and emotions. An example would be the year when I was in specific shows at a theater, or the time when I lived in a 3-story flat as a kid. Anyway, even if it's a time period in my life that I wasn't particularly fond of, when I look back on it, I miss it.
Recently, I've analyzed this about myself, and I started to wonder what it will be like when the life I'm living right now becomes a part of the "past", and I start to miss the little things that happen to me at this point in my routine. Without a doubt, I'm going to miss my part-time job shelving books at a library, talking to co-workers with whom I'm not even that close, and having to hold onto hot tea because it's too cold. It kind of started to weird me out thinking about my life as if I'm viewing it from the future. At the same time, though, it made me start to appreciate everything I'm doing right now, from my slightly frustrating Political Science class, to hoodie I wear all the time, to the schedule I have at work. Because at some point, even though I'll be in another stage of life that I hope to like just the same, I'll miss where I am now.
Just a random thought, tell me if you've experienced similar things! Hope you're all having a lovely autumn.
Kelsey
A Few of my Favorite Things...Today.
Well, it looks like there isn't much interest in "the blog" these days... So i thought I should post something. Since I am not currently in the right state of mind to come up with something deeply theological, I just wanted to share a few of today's favorite things.
1. My long morning bike ride. The leaves on the trees were beautiful reds and yellows and sometimes still green, and the leaves on the ground were crunchy. I determined which way I would turn by looking to see which street had more crunchy leaves to ride over.
2. I love this video and her youtube channel. "Lonely can be healing if you make it." "How To Be Alone"
3. This book that I'm reading right now and would recommend to anyone who has ever started yelling at God for whatever reason while driving or taking a shower. Angry Conversations With God
4. Playing songs on my guitar and singing really obnoxiously loud and not caring if the neighbors hear me.
5. My cat. Meeeoowww.
6. Amazing friends who are always listening, always calling, always coming over for ten minutes just to give me a hug even though they are way busy, always sharing life with me. I am so thankful for the beautiful friendships that I have in my life.
Please share a few of your favorite things.
Or, you could write something deeply theological too :)
Love love and more love,
Amanda Mae
1. My long morning bike ride. The leaves on the trees were beautiful reds and yellows and sometimes still green, and the leaves on the ground were crunchy. I determined which way I would turn by looking to see which street had more crunchy leaves to ride over.
2. I love this video and her youtube channel. "Lonely can be healing if you make it." "How To Be Alone"
3. This book that I'm reading right now and would recommend to anyone who has ever started yelling at God for whatever reason while driving or taking a shower. Angry Conversations With God
4. Playing songs on my guitar and singing really obnoxiously loud and not caring if the neighbors hear me.
5. My cat. Meeeoowww.
6. Amazing friends who are always listening, always calling, always coming over for ten minutes just to give me a hug even though they are way busy, always sharing life with me. I am so thankful for the beautiful friendships that I have in my life.
Please share a few of your favorite things.
Or, you could write something deeply theological too :)
Love love and more love,
Amanda Mae
Sunday, October 2, 2011
introductions
hello, everyone.
welcome to "the blog." i would like to give all accreditation for the title of this little blog project to rachel, who came up with it on her porch swing while we drank kefir water and rocked back and forth and talked about how we aren't ever sure how life works. thanks rachel.
i'd like to introduce myself, even though you all mostly already know me. i'm amanda. i'm 21 years old, i live in minnesota, i drink tea mostly every day, i love to write in my journal at coffee shops while staring out the window or listening to other people's conversations, and i'm generally a pretty quiet person unless you know me very very well...then i talk too much or even yell. you may or may not get to know me more as this blog progresses; if you really want to get to know me better then go ahead and buy me coffee. i'll be an open book, i promise.
enough about me, because this blog is not about me. not at all. i kind of had this idea for a blog that would bring people from various locations, life situations, and worldviews together to talk about things. to talk about faith, theology, religion, philosophy, controversy, to ask questions, to just share random life lessons, to discuss and debate lovingly with one another about issues and ideas.
if you have any ideas or thoughts or direction for this blog, i'd love to add you to the list of people who are able to create posts. if you'd rather not write entire posts, then you can just go ahead and start a discussion by posting a comment. this is sort of an experiment, and definitely a work in progress! tell your friends about it, think about things you've been wanting to discuss with people but never have, etc. who knows what will happen... maybe it will just be me writing into some empty, echoing corner of cyberspace.
anyway, say hello, introduce yourself....let's think, let's talk, let's blog, eh?
welcome to "the blog." i would like to give all accreditation for the title of this little blog project to rachel, who came up with it on her porch swing while we drank kefir water and rocked back and forth and talked about how we aren't ever sure how life works. thanks rachel.
i'd like to introduce myself, even though you all mostly already know me. i'm amanda. i'm 21 years old, i live in minnesota, i drink tea mostly every day, i love to write in my journal at coffee shops while staring out the window or listening to other people's conversations, and i'm generally a pretty quiet person unless you know me very very well...then i talk too much or even yell. you may or may not get to know me more as this blog progresses; if you really want to get to know me better then go ahead and buy me coffee. i'll be an open book, i promise.
enough about me, because this blog is not about me. not at all. i kind of had this idea for a blog that would bring people from various locations, life situations, and worldviews together to talk about things. to talk about faith, theology, religion, philosophy, controversy, to ask questions, to just share random life lessons, to discuss and debate lovingly with one another about issues and ideas.
if you have any ideas or thoughts or direction for this blog, i'd love to add you to the list of people who are able to create posts. if you'd rather not write entire posts, then you can just go ahead and start a discussion by posting a comment. this is sort of an experiment, and definitely a work in progress! tell your friends about it, think about things you've been wanting to discuss with people but never have, etc. who knows what will happen... maybe it will just be me writing into some empty, echoing corner of cyberspace.
anyway, say hello, introduce yourself....let's think, let's talk, let's blog, eh?
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