a kind of light spread out from the place ( Read more... )

Call it your word, call it a fluke, just keep it away from me ( Read more... )

I'm probably about a quarter of the way through. I come from very good people. It's very normal for us to make it into our nineties ( Read more... )

I really do believe we can be fully content in this world, and not because we're unaware of all the troubles it has, or because we think we found the cure for all the trouble we see... but because we manage to see that the world can be troubled and still be beautiful. That despite how big a shit-show the human race is we can still love people, even ( Read more... )

tonight i had a conversation with a friend of mine about centeredness... that feeling of personal stability that leaves you free to love yourself and love others more easily. You find yourself free from the insecurities that otherwise make you selfish, needy, lonely, jealous, anxious. You find there's an inner calm. You're happy, or at least less ( Read more... )

whatever the random thought processes was that brought me to my journal today remains a mystery... but i'm back. maybe for a while... maybe not ( Read more... )

well friends, i didn't win sufjan's song writing competition.... in fact i didn't even make the top 37 entries. ba-Fing-humbug

but it's still christmas isn't it? and the songs that the folks at asthmatic kitty posted online are honestly pretty great. so go give a listen (look for the link on asthmatickitty.com).

i guess my song is still my song... so ( Read more... )

i'm taking part in an advent worship experience, so are a lot of my other incredibly talented friends... come hangout.

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take a second and read about my friend's, the stetlers, journey to adopt two children from liberia.

honestly, it would be almost impossible to find a better family than theirs, anywhere.

please support them.

some LP fotos from across the years.
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