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    Lent- Day 3: A chasing after the wind.

      (Marie Claire)     Last week, as Kanye West’s post-Grammy rant went viral, my brother Joe sent me a simple text:     We can only wish that Kanye would stop…

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    Lent- Day 2: Empires do fall.

        Last month Fox premiered the soapy drama “Empire”, starring Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson. Howard plays Lucious Lyon, a rapper turned entertainment mogul (head of “Empire Records”), opposite Henson as…

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    Lent- Day 1

      “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”     Those are the words typically spoken by the pastor, deacon or administrant while spreading ashes on the foreheads…

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    The dark night of the souls.

      (Source)   I just read a fascinating (and somewhat frightening)article at The Atlantic about the dark side of meditation.    Yes, the dark side.   Growing up going to conservative Christian churches and…

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    Mark Driscoll Apologizes.

      Some encouraging news out of Seattle’s Mars Hills Church from Mark Driscoll, by way of Benjamin L. Cory at Formerly Fundie:   Mark Driscoll, it appears, is repenting.   I didn’t…

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    Sexy Gospel Body & Soul

        Zoe’s already had two tantrums this morning… and it’s only 10! So how about a little holy humor?    

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    It’s that time of year again…

    At High Hill Farms in Virginia.   Just a week after K and I married, we took my nephews, Justin and Nate trick-or-treating. This was a rather new experience for both K…

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    “And what I loved most, she had so much soul”

        (Cynical) Note from Alisha: I just spent an hour working on this post which detailed my trip to Chicago, where I am currently to undergo medical tests. I then went…

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    Yeezus!

        Lord, have mercy.   Rapper Kanye West, fresh off of squashing beef with late night talk show hosts and fights with paps, caused quite a stir over the weekend when…

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    St. Therese

        Today is the feast day of St. Therese on the Roman Catholic calendar.  Last October 1st, I wrote on my old blog:   While I was in the hospital last…