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An “Unintended Free Birth in Our Building’s Parking Garage”

by Shawn December 5, 2012
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Here are a few posts that caught my attention in the last week: * * * * * Joe was an unintended free birth in our building’s parking garage while we were on our way to the hospital. We were alone – no midwife, no doctor, not even in our own home with a clean [...]

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Are You a Non-Writer?

by Shawn December 4, 2012

The other day I tweeted the following quote by Anne Lamott, from one of her recent Facebook posts. It got a lot of traction with folks and was re-tweeted and shared quite a few times: “No writer waits for inspiration. That’s just another excuse not to get that day’s work done.” My friend Jason McCarty [...]

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Forget the Path Behind You – It Leads Back to Mediocrity

by Shawn December 3, 2012
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It’s a strange place to be, this particular spot in life where we’re too committed to the current path to even consider going back. Do you know what I mean? Have you ever reached that point? Before this, there was the beginning. The starting out. The hemming and hawing and difficult decisions and the voices [...]

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Democrats and Republicans Finally Agree On Something

by Shawn December 1, 2012
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In a last ditch effort to avoid driving the nation over the quickly approaching “fiscal cliff,” Democrats and Republicans finally agreed on something and called in two high-end consultants: Wile E. Coyote and Roadrunner. It was a brief show of solidarity emerging after weeks of name-calling and insults. Earlier reports remained full of uncertainty as [...]

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“Does She Feel Like Your Own?” – Adoption Stories

by Shawn November 30, 2012

Today’s guest post is brought to you by Kelly Raudenbush. Enjoy! * * * * * We had been home from China for only 2 days when we were asked it for the first time: Does she feel like your own? I don’t even remember quite how I answered as I was still blurry eyed [...]

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Why Our World Doesn’t Need More Santas

by Shawn November 29, 2012

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. Maybe Christmas used to celebrate the Incarnation, once upon a time. Back when we weren’t so obsessed with keeping the X out of [...]

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The Strange Ways God Can Find Us

by Shawn November 28, 2012
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Some blog posts in the internetiverse that got my attention this week: * * * * * And here’s what I love about God: when I couldn’t bring myself to read his words, he came to me in mine. * * * * * But now, well, it’s all that bitter sweet can be.  I [...]

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