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Entries from May 2008

Just a-searching for a world with some soul.

May 28th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Apologies to those of you who have bookmarked this page and (as I do with many of the blogs I frequent) checked every-day-or-so for an update. I’ve been remiss.
In the two weeks since last I wrote, I’ve packed up the majority of my worldly possessions and moved them back to my parents’ house in Gardners. […]

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Tags: general · home · Brethren in Christ · reading · watching · listening

Like it was written in my soul, from me to you.

May 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Poets, I believe, are some of the most comforting people that exist. I’m talking not just about real poets like Billy Collins, wordsmiths whose verse welcomes like a freshly brewed cup of tea or a familiar cardigan sweater, but poets of all kinds: songwriters, filmmakers, actors—thinkers and feelers, magicians and alchemists, translators and tour guides.
I’m […]

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Tags: general · Garrison Keillor · learning · grace · Anne Lamott · faith

Thanks for the memories.

May 11th, 2008 · 3 Comments

With only four days left in the City of Brotherly Love, I wanted to slowly look back on the semester that was with a collection of photos. In compiling this list, I realized that what I’ll take away when I leave this place in mere days are the unexpected blessings from the last two semesters: […]

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Tags: general · Philadelphia · Messiah College Philadelphia Campus · Steve Earle · Al Gore · Anne Lamott

Thank you, dear Lord, for this good life and forgive us if we do not enjoy it enough.

May 6th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Every so often, I take the opportunity to close myself up in my room—often dressed in pajamas (as I am now)—while I crank up the quiet acoustic stuff, brew a big cup of tea, and allow myself to get properly sentimental. I’ll flip through old Facebook albums or read lyrics or meditate on wise sayings. […]

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Tags: general · Messiah College Philadelphia Campus · farewells

“Like a nature walk through the Book of Revelation.”

May 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Al Gore—speaking tonight before a crowd of PennFuture benefators, supporters, and activists—told a story from his recent speech at the United Nations: after discussing the role of all nations in stemming the consequences of global warming and requesting the immediate need for countries to ratify a treaty toward sustainability, Gore was shocked when the delegates […]

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Tags: general · Philadelphia · learning · Al Gore · environment