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Reflections and retrospections
It’s my day off, and not a moment too soon. This summer has been amazing, but also incredibly frustrating, sometimes ridiculously unbearable, and I am still trying to sort out how to make sense out of my experiences. I have found myself in a community that is doing things that I care deeply about and…
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ahh mornings
there is something ridiculously satisfying about watching episodes of “weeds” in the youth initiative office…. I know its wrong, but it feels delicious!
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These days, it feels as though every week here I find myself crushed upon by those who don’t care for my personality… every week I find myself brought to tears over something. This sucks ass.
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Post-group vent.
so it has been a long week, not only physically but especially emotionally and spiritually. And after it all, I find myself feeling many many emotions that are swirling around, everything from excitement to intense despair to a sense of confusion and loss. We had a group here from Grand Rapids this week, and they…
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Week Recap
A lot on my mind today. Things to remember- -ana’s sharing during the zega exercise about abuse -“It’s not like everyone in E. Grand Rapids lives right on the lake or anything; I mean I live there and I dont live on the lake…. I live a couple blocks away” -the Star Wars “blind man”…
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Check it out.
We are hosting a special event at BSM with Shane Claiborne and Chris Haw next week, and so if you are in Philly or wanna be there, come check it out. It is going to be AWESOME!!! (PS, I have gotten to organize a lot of this, which was super fun!) Here is the Flyer:…
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This just in from the white house…
President Bush on Friday said, “…We must remember that the desire for freedom burns inside every man and woman and child. More than two centuries ago, this desire of freedom… had inspired the subjects of a mighty empire to declare themselves free and independent citizens of a new nation. Today that same desire for freedom…
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Experiences to remember
Funny and sadly disjointed experiences from Broad Street so far: 1) (said by a regular attendee at Sunday dinners to two 13-year-old girls visiting with their youth group): “So tell me, why is it that you two girls are in here eating with us instead of ‘walking the avenue’ on South Street? What I mean…