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Why is it Always My Fault?

Why is it so easy to think that everything is my fault? I think almost everyone on the planet feels this way--even the people who blame everyone else are probably just trying to rid themselves of feelings of...

15 comments    love family relationships
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Some of My Favorite Knitting Patterns

Sorry I don't have photos for any of this right now...if you really want some, I may be able to find a camera...somewhere... Anyway, one of my favorite patterns to knit actually comes right off of the carewear...

9 comments    recreation charity knitting
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Do We Love God?

I have claimed to love God since childhood, partly because I thought that I was supposed to, and partly because I thought that whatever insignifcant particle of belief I had was the closest to love that I...

7 comments    love religion god
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What is Justice?

What is justice? If God is just and God is love and God is beauty, what is justice? Can justice exist in a vacuum any more than love-for love can't exist in a vacuum-or does it cease to be justice without a...

9 comments    religion god christianity
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Questioning God

Sometimes it is hard to find the line between asking questions and questioning God. I've always been taught that questioning God is a bad thing, it's become pretty much a Christian "instinct" that we are...

40 comments    religion god faith
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Does God Still Talk Through Dreams?

If any of you have grown up Baptist, you understand why I have had to ask this question. It seems that the common consensus among Baptists is that God does not talk any more. He has revealed Himself as much...

46 comments    love god relationship
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Living With Adoption and Autism

Nearly seven years ago my family adopted two children, a brother and sister, into our home. We did not find out until four years later that both of these children had autism. Never, ever will we regret...

12 comments    family home children
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To Tithe or Not To Tithe

I have been wrestling with the idea of tithing lately. As much as I want to share my money with God and do what He wants with it, I feel very uncomfortable giving money to most churches. I almost feel guilty...

53 comments    money religion god
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When is it good not to tell the truth?

I have often heard Christians talk about brutal honesty, open frankness, and always speaking the truth (though they occasionally add the "with love" clause). Personally, I have seen way too much damage come...

25 comments    love relationships religion
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Who Put Good in Goodbye?

I don't think anyone really likes goodbyes (at least not most of the time), but it was only today that I began to understand why I don't like goodbyes. As this new revelation began to dawn on me it suddenly...

5 comments    love life relationships
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