I am trying to write my second-to-last “final” paper this weekend, but am finding myself both bored by it and completely apathetic about the whole school situation, which is perhaps a bad sign for the next few years of even more schooling. Yet, I am forcing myself to go to the library and at least [...]

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Remember the days back when you got out of school for Rosh Hashanah? I loved that - getting off for religious holidays I didn’t celebrate. All my friends had to go to synagogue and I got to stay home. Oh back when … I suppose it’s hard to complain about not having off when classes [...]

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Part of my birthday present involved driving four hours to this bookstore in Vermont. You, like Adam, might think that four hours is a long way to drive for a bookstore, but that only means that you, like Adam, have never been to this bookstore because it is so worth four hours in the [...]

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I wonder if you have thought through your plan for salvation. If not, you might consider this one, especially if you are a teenage girl. It’s always good to be prepared.

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In one paragraph, state your hopes and concerns regarding the church and its mission.
    The church has always been a place of both comfort and challenge for me. It is my hope that the church remain both of these places not only for individuals, but for the world. At its best, the church provides [...]

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“Evangelical broadcaster Pat Robertson said Tuesday that God has told him that a terrorist attack on the United States would cause a “mass killing” late in 2007.” - CNN.com
The thing that scares me most about Pat Robertson is not his crazy lunatic theology or prophecies; what scares me most is his power and his capability [...]

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In first grade I memorized many things. So many things, in fact, I can’t even remember them all - clearly it worked well. What I do remember memorizing is the Lord’s Prayer and Psalm 23. Both are prayers/psalms that just roll off the tongue and I don’t ever remembering reading them - as I found [...]

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“Cardinal Trujillo recently claimed that condoms were helping spread HIV/AIDS. The pathogens, he said, pass through a microscopic “net” in latex condoms. Scientists and public health officials have responded repeatedly that this is false, but the Vatican persists, calling the health experts “wrong.” Cardinal McCarrick, Archbishop of Washington, says, “condoms too often fail.” But it [...]

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I met my first witch yesterday - at least the first person who self-identified as a witch. I didn’t actually realize witches were real. I am finding this fascinating. She came to an interfaith dialogue we had for CPE and talked about wicca and her coven. Very cool.
I met my first witch.

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Emily tipped me off to the next step in caring for your loved ones in light of the coming rapture. While it is very thoughtful of you to send them rapture letters. I’m guessing you’d like to do more. I mean, who wouldn’t want their loved ones raised up with them?
To this end, I [...]

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