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In a Land Far Away
So consider this a love letter from your faraway child.
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An Argument for Driving through Flyover Country
I think you’ll come to appreciate the vibrancy of the human spirit that started living there because someone had to.
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Regarding the Recent Scandal out of Willow Creek Community Church
This afternoon, I was browsing my Facebook feed (which has somehow become an act of either defiance or willful ignorance lately, but I’m not really on board) and came across a friend’s post. He had linked this article about Megachurch leader and evangelical personality, Bill Hybels, who has recently been accused of sexual misconduct. My friend shared this post along with the article: Katelyn Beaty’s observations are notable and I want to address them. But first I have to delve into why this news gets to me on a more personal level than have any of the other evangelical scandals from recent years. My Connection I grew up at Willow Creek,…
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Eternal SETI@Home Warrior
My dad has been searching for aliens (specifically, extra terrestrial intelligent life) since 1999. He has been scanning the skies for stars, planets, galaxies, and interesting phenomena for perhaps his whole life, but September of 1999 is when he joined the SETI@Home project. In 1999, the internet was a fledgling project, but it had spread to homes across the world through lightning fast dial-up connections. The concept of a super-computer was a twinkle in engineers’ eyes, but scientists at the University of California had dreamed up a shortcut: connecting the silo-ed personal computers across the world and using their combined power to process large quantities of data more quickly. As…
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We Had KFC at my Grandmother’s Memorial Service
She’d never finish hers, but the smell of the chicken was enough to remind her we loved her.
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My Sixth Grade Hero
I think I spent my whole childhood waiting in anticipation of 6th grade. In kindergarten, we got 6th grade buddies who would read to us once a week and play with us on the playground.
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The Cycle of Grocery Stores
And what greater grocery store is there in this universe, I ask you? Its hours of operation: endless. Its selection of salty snacks: both wide and economical.
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Roadtrip
Somewhere around 5:00 a.m. on Saturday, mom will go into Noah’s Ark mode, creating piles two at a time and designating where they will go in the car.
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Community Spaces and Social Graces
The internet has none of this. There is no way, on the internet, to look into the face of your fellow conversation participant and be forced to acknowledge his or her humanity.
