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acting.

in elementary school, my teachers noted that i had good stage presence. i agreed. i was comfortable in front of an audience and considered myself a promising actress. in third grade, i had the role of the magic lamp in the aptly titled musical, “the magic lamp.” but while i had the biggest role, i [...]

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carpe diem.

shauna niequist was evidently at our home church this past weekend for a mini-arts conference. shauna is the author of cold tangerines, a book about embracing today (and yes, for as much as my bite-size description has oprah’s book club written all over it, i’ve heard the whole thing is actually quite good, or at [...]

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dreaming & ideas

i love ideas. i’m not sure if i ever loved ideas before, but i really love them now. i married a man who’s as giddy as a schoolboy when we talk about ideas; he holds on to them like kite strings, enjoying them when they catch a breeze and fly higher, and then reeling them in [...]

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this morning, i tuned into my first-ever webinar featuring rick mckinley, the pastor at imago dei. the topic was the externally-focused church: breaking into the kingdom. i’m so grateful i took part in it.
two colleagues joined me, and between the three of us, we cried and laughed and threw out some “amens,” though not one [...]

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Group dynamics intrigue me. Just this morning, I read about new research in group studies that reject the assumption that decisions made in groups are the most well-rounded because they develop out of a variety of opinions and perspectives. The research actually shows that groups rarely invite individuals to bring unique perspectives because of the [...]

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praise the lord.

i needed a place to write. in the time i’ve been away from writing, i could have conceived and given birth to a seven pound, three ounce baby girl with curly blonde hair . i didn’t, but i could have. instead, i found a new job, moved out of my apartment, bought a house, and [...]

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