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Asking Hard Questions

I finished reading The Satanic Verses this weekend. It's the long novel that got author Salman Rushdie into so much trouble with Islamic leaders who wanted to kill him after…

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Simpler Times

When I was in elementary school, the tiny private K-12 I attended had only one small campus, and after school I would often hope for a glimpse of my babysitter…

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Expiration Date

You know, expiration dates are best guesses - especially on dairy products. Also my doctor told me that epi pens are good for months after their expiration date. Which reminds…

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Eye of the Hurricane

Lin Manuel Miranda has a gift, so here's some nice listening music for reading this post today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGubhKCjrJU&ab_channel=CherryGarden Silence can be hard to find, but I've been sitting and waiting…

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Traumaversary 7

This is a tribute to Lee Pace’s eyebrows: they are beautiful and bold, and we all know how much I’m obsessed with eyebrows. Also, today is the seven year anniversary…

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Patience and Perseverance

I love my kids. I love every single one of them. I love the ones who lie to their partners; I love the ones who make promises they never mean…

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Not Today

Well, here we are in 2021, and no one is sad to leave 2020 behind, but let's not forget it's the year that gave us a Maccabeats cover of a…

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Laura and the Apocalypse

Hot take: the most underrated film of the century is Anna and the Apocalypse. Hear me out because there is an almost guaranteed chance you have never seen or even…

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Am I Ready?

Hi, everyone! It’s me, Maggie, from school. I have the privilege of being a guest blogger this week. Ms. Hewett and I have roughly the same face, so I assume…

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Behold, My Servant Daniel

One of the things I really love about my job is that my professional development has such great overlap with the personal growth God is working in me. I was…

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Just the Facts

I'm not going to fake a smile for you - because I have a real one. This is 21 year old me laughing at something my new friend Bethany had…

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I Am a Stone

When I was in high school, I fell in love with Ryan Clark's voice. My passionate and undying love has not wavered in the past fifteen years, and can you…

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The Voices in Your Head

“How do I know the voice isn't just me but is the Holy Spirit?" "Excellent question. I promise not everything you think is from the Holy Spirit." My students flooded…

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Promises

I never signed anything binding to assure any audience that I'd post weekly, but I actually value all the people who check this site to see what I'm up to…

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Hey,

Hey, I think the Lord wants to encourage you today. I think the Lord has been chasing you, pursuing you, loving you, and craving intimacy with you. The Lord sees…

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I Broke… Again

I had a different plan for this week... for this year... for my life. The Lord laughs at my plans. I was talking to Givorgy on the phone earlier today…

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I Voted

My parents accidentally raised a major nerd. Or maybe they did it on purpose the second time. Regardless, I’m one of the minority of the population who gets super excited…

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Identity

Julia once told me that the summer before she came to BFA, she was talking to one of my former students who heard she would be in Bible 11. "Oh,…

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To Mr. and Mrs. Müller

There's an email in my BFA inbox dated September 2, 2013 from Clint and Helen Taylor that has a subject line, "Welcome to BFA!" This wonderful couple sent me a…

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