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Carrying Water

When I used to go with my mom on her epic 2 weeks of groceries at multiple stores PLUS coupons grocery runs (a frugal queen), my main source of entertainment was reading tabloid covers while waiting in line. Alien babies, the Sun about to explode, bat children discovered in caves, etc. All very exciting and […]

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that’s what she said

I didn’t really want to be in the alter-egos course, but I didn’t get my first choice that particular TIP (talent identification program) weekend at Duke. I can’t remember what else I chose, but it wasn’t that. The course was going to use superheros to explore alter-egos and I’ve just never been that into superheros. […]

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Hit Dogs Holler

There’s a couple of ways to be offended. Well, there’s a LOT of ways to be offended, but they all fall into two categories. You can be offended by something that is hurtful, disrespectful, or causes harm to you or someone else. You can also be offended because you feel called out or “caught” for […]

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I hate to tell you this, but everything matters

Look, there are handfuls and handfuls of things that I have decided I just can not worry about. I couldn’t function if I cared about everything there is to care about. I don’t have it in me to always make the safest, most healthy, most ethical, most economical, most sustainable, most whatever choice all the […]

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To Rise

May this message find you with a soft heart and open ears.  We have found ourselves, as a body of believers, facing a challenge that has weakened not only our unity, but also our witness.  We appear to those who watch us for hope and guidance (or even with a critical eye) as foolish, lustful […]

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