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I thought I’d give our cats some “face time” on the blog. Vixen is our sweet female tortie who, like most cats, seems to think of herself as “all that and more”. She loves Shayel and snuggles with her all night. She likes sitting on laps but only when it suites her. Wilbur is our dumb [...] Related posts:
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Our family is staying London for 4 nights in November and have a hotel booked but would like to hear if any of you have suggestions? We’d like to be pretty “centrally” located (relatively speaking) so we can walk and take public transport pretty easily to the major sight seeing destinations. Related posts:
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  2. I liked the video and all but .. seriously. From treehugger.com An Inconvenient Truth Replaces the Bible by Matthew...
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We had our first parent-teacher conference of the year with Shayel’s first grade teacher. We have been so pleased with this school - it’s an International Bachelorreat curriculum and a very diverse school because it is the neighborhood school for most of the international students at CSU. She’s doing wonderful this year, the teacher didn’t [...] Related posts:
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Image via Wikipedia SOF: Pentecostalism - The Origins and Impact [Speaking of Faith® from American Public Media] In 2006, Pentecostals from all around the globe traveled to the birthplace of this tradition — Azusa Street in Los Angeles. We were there to cover the centennial celebration — and now we bring this program into the present, exploring [...] Related posts:
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I’m as frustrated as the next person about our financial situation in America and I have no answers…I don’t like the bailout but I don’t like thinking about how many people will suffer in the “lower strata” of our socio-economic spectrum if there isn’t some sort of bailout. What I will say is this: before [...] Related posts:
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  2. when do we stop affirming oppression? When I see men I (generally) respect, affirming groups like...
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You know how sometimes you just feel inept to even articulate your own thoughts and then someone comes along and does it for you? that’s always so helpful. As with Tony and my post below, Rollins has done it here. Be sure to read the whole thing. PeterRollins.net » Blog Archive » We don’t need early [...] Related posts:
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  2. sometimes it just feels like a petty game There’s a good conversation going on over at Mike’s blog....
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I think Tony’s spot on here and as usual, is able to put to words something I have been feeling for some time as I read the recent influx of blog posts from people talking about how they’re now “beyond” emerging or and emerging is a dead meaningless label or how so many people are [...] Related posts:
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  2. knowledge and experience, now what? This is part 1 of a 2 part conclusion to...
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It’s weird when someone says something in a completely innocent conversation that makes it very clear how they and their friends think about your faith. I always suspected people from our old church thought we had “gone liberal” (classically theologically liberal that is) or even “fallen away” completely but hearing it drives it home….not sure [...] Related posts:
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