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5 Lessons I Learned in My Twenties

By Sharon at She Worships What a difference 5 years can make. An even bigger difference a decade! A couple weeks ago I attended my 10 year college reunion, and it’s really had me thinking. These reunions have beco…
The Things I Wish I Would Have Known

By Dave Burchett (Re-posted from theFish.com) School is about to start again and I always think about the kids who don’t get to sit at the “cool” table. A song popped up on the iPod that made me think…
Braving the Real World

By Erin Bower, guest posting for Tom Zuniga “Not all who wander are lost.” I never knew just how much this quote of Tolkien’s would mean to me. As I graduated from college and embarked into ‘th…
I Went to School with Katy Perry

When I was in fourth grade, I was partially homeschooled and partially part of the fourth-grade class at the small Christian, private school that was connected with my church. Another part of that fourth-grade class? A…
The Tragic But True Impact of Bullying

This photo on Facebook reminded me of a play I was in for high school one-act called After Math. It started out as a comedy. These math students all took turns telling their version of the story of why their classmate s…
Good Enough for Loneliness

By Tom Zuniga Today I have the extreme honor of guest-posting at one of my favorite blogs on the whole interweb, People of the Second Chance. Below is an excerpt, and you can click the link at the end for the continuati…
Change: I Didn't Know What I Was Getting Myself Into

I am considered to be a pacifist. I accept this label because it describes my stance on violence in a simple way. However, I reject this at the same time because Christ never taught passivity. He taught about praying for…
Growing Into Something New

By Amy at Make Me a Mary It’s funny how when we’re little we all just want to grow up. I’ve seen it with all four of my kids. Two are adult-sized already and the other two are on the verge (#2 is 6&rsqu…
Unleashing Your (Toy) Story

By Tom Zuniga As a semi-seclusive writer paradoxically desperate for community, I jumped on the opportunity to attend an “art of storytelling” gathering with fellow creatives at my church. And it was there I…
Letting Go, Letting God

By Amy at Make Me a Mary She was so old and so sick and I knew we only had a few minutes left with her, but they told us she could still hear. So I got down beside her face, that face I knew it would break my heart not t…