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kept_the_faith
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Interests: praying more, singing with my sister, cultural experiences, playing the piano, a good story, dancing, quality time and deep relationship
Expertise: laughing and Ruby Tuesday's blackberry lemonade and reading (I'm an excellent reader); I've never been sure what to put here exactly
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Member Since:
12/4/2004
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| This past weekend I got to check off something on my life list... I visited the Brooklyn Tabernacle and got to hear the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir live. It was truly amazing. As much as I appreciate Chris Tomlin, you haven't heard "Holy is the Lord" until you've heard it at the Brooklyn Tabernacle. It filled my longing for unity in diversity for that day. God met me there in a personal way. It was just beautiful. I also learned that even though I grew up in Philly, I am not a city-girl at heart. | | |
| I'm sitting at work because another client has cancelled...I'm not gonna lie, the cancelling thing gets old. I want to continue to believe people can change and grow, but that has not been a lot of my experience in the counseling field so far. Maybe the operative word is can change and grow. People have a choice about whether they change and grow. I mean, it's not that I have never experieced people changing and growing, but the majority seem to remain stuck in their habits (self-defeating behavior, we tend to call it). I tend to be an optimistic person. I feel that what I'm learning about now is not about optimism, but the true meaning of hope, even if that for which I am hoping is not yet realized. One of the main things I was taught in my counseling program was to instill hope...hard to instill it if I don't have it myself, so I'm learning to maintain it in the midst of disappointment. | | |
| I can get so self-righteous in how I think about my faith...about God, how I do relationship with Him, the church, how I do relationship with other believers...and then thinking that everyone else should do things the way I do...hmm... I've been reading Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell and really enjoying it...I like how he thinks...but it makes me think. I've done a lot of thinking on many subjects recently, and sometimes I need a break...I can take it a little too seriously. So, sometimes I want to be challenged, but not too much...hmm... On a not so serious or vaguely cryptic note, summertime is here! That is something over which to rejoice. I have started too many books at one time, which is not unusual for me, but just more at once than usual. Also, Peter and I have decided we want to watch more documentaries over the summer. If you have any suggestions, feel free to pass them along to us. | | |
| Remember that "Bop it" game with the contraption that would tell you to bop, twist, or pull it? Taebo kind of reminds me of that when Billy Blanks is telling me to "work it" or "pull it" or whatever else I'm supposed to do to maximize my cardio workout. :) Regarding the new Narnia movie: I had heard many prior to my viewing the film discuss how they were already upset that it was deviating from the book (such as Caspian being older, for example). Also, allow me to give a caveat: I tend to like films (and most art forms for that matter) for their thematic elements. Perhaps you might agree with me that Prince Caspian is not the most exciting of the Narnia tales (although totally I would have watched a movie that completely matched the book)...considering that a number of chapters are devoted simply to the children figuring out where they are, which naturally they would not devote as much time to in a film. So, of course, there is embellishment in the film, some might say quite a bit. However, the original story is preserved. And there were some elements added regarding leadership, as well as what it truly means to follow Aslan, that were quite poignant. I came away feeling as if I had been back to Narnia again, and Aslan again pointed me back to Jesus. Therefore, I enjoyed the film and would still recommend it as quality. | | |
| I've heard people asking yet again where God is in the midst of tragedies, like earthquakes and cyclones, as well as other horror in the world. I was reminded recently that perhaps a more important question is "where are God's people?" after such events, or in response to such events. Hmm... We're going to see Prince Caspian today, and we're very excited. | | |
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