Posts Tagged with "hope"

Why Don’t You Rebel?

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

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Why Don’t You Rebel?

It's defined as a refusal of obedience or order. Wikipedia goes on to say that a rebellion can encompass anything from non-violent resistance, to violent, or organized attempts at overthrowing some established authority. History is full of examples of rebels who were responsible for this sort of rabble rousing. It shows the various philosophies they lived, and how they transformed the status quo with new ways of thinking.

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Your Photoshopped Life

Thursday, February 4, 2010

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Your Photoshopped Life

So I was watching this video a couple nights ago on theooze.tv Peter Rollins was discussing coming to grips with the truth about ourselves.  He uses the digital representations we use online(facebook/twitter,etc) to illustrate his point. Which is, that sometimes its easier to live through a “public profile”, which is “the idealized representation of ourselves.”  The [...]

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Little Red Lizard

Thursday, January 21, 2010

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Little Red Lizard

I told myself, like you told yourself.  This wouldn’t happen again.  Driving away into the night, we muttered the silent promises people do when they’ve reached the end of themselves.  When they have discovered that they really are not just one person.  That we all have to fight a war between the best of ourselves, [...]

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Doing it Again?

Friday, November 6, 2009

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Doing it Again?

Sometimes you’ve come so far along a journey, and overcome so much, that the thought of revisiting your former self is revolting. But the honest truth is there, gnawing at the back of your brain.  And its annoying.  You know that there are areas in in your life, where it seems like the path winds [...]

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A Life and Death Issue

Thursday, September 17, 2009

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A Life and Death Issue

I shuffled down the isle towards the front of the church, my view still blocked by the short disheveled line that had bottle-necked and huddled around the opened silver casket. Suddenly the group parted, and the sight seized my chest.  The cold, hard, truth, lay bare before my eyes.  Laying as if sleeping, but not to [...]

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Brace Yourself, Change is Possible

Friday, August 28, 2009

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Brace Yourself, Change is Possible

You will never see them move, but some may argue that the orthodontic process is a radical process. For anyone that has had to wear braces, you may understand.  I’m a late bloomer of sorts.  Finally opting to correct crooked teeth with some silver braces, and the promise of a Colgate smile.  The experience has [...]

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