Eleven Years Later: Reflections on 9/11

I remember the day as if it were yesterday, okay maybe the day before yesterday. The summer months were drawing to a close, my first semester of school had just begun and for the first time in my life I was out on my own and it was nice. There was nothing inherently special or …

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Eat.Pray.Love

Why oh why did I wait so long to read this book? Mostly because for a long time, I never knew what the book was about. The cover was pretty and the title intriguing, almost like the tile of Dancing on Hot Coals, but I just did not know what the content matter was. But …

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In Memory of 9/11

Tonight's drive home from work was not particularly special. I stopped by the day care to pick up my daughter, ran by Target to get one or two necessities, talked to a friend I had not seen in a while, and was back on the road toward home in no time. As I drove, I …

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If God Cares

Lately I have been reading through the book of Matthew in the New Testament of the Bible. In one of my readings, I stumbled across this verse: "Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor gather into barns and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of much more value …

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More Reflections After a Job Interview

I must admit that this last week has been on the busier side of things. Between all of the interviews, working, revising of resumes, continually looking for employment, and other necessities of life I have barely had time to relax or spend time with my family. My state of busyness, however, has not deterred God …

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Dark Night

The dark night of the soul is a daunting place in life, a place that I would not wish on my worst enemy. It represents a season of obscurity, incomparable to anything else. It is a season of wandering through desert places and navigating through the valley of the shadow of many deaths, producing lack …

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