raekk makes "just because you are blessed does not mean others are not blessed" statement during Bible study to illustrate the point that Christians shouldn't be smug about belonging to the supposed one true faith.

Eyewitness gambit_69 writes account of event, paraphrasing original statement, and adds own "nature's law of compensation" view.

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32p wrote this for me in 1999. It's a gift I will treasure always.

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On a whim, I've decided to use a new userpic, one that would reflect my present circumstances. But what to use? Head shot of a soldier? Too misleading. Great Wall of China? Too long ... there's has a 100 x 100 pixel limit on userpics. Some Chinese characters? Hmm ... but which ( Read more... )

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All my bags are packed I'm ready to go ... off to China for a week. Any bets on how much weight I'm going to gain while I eat my way through the capital? Y'all try to be good while I'm gone.

Dedicated to darkobsidian and gimmeadoggie (see recent posting).

Did God intend to create us perfect in every way? Gerard Manley Hopkins, a Jesuit priest who wrote this poem, didn't think so, and eloquently gives thanks to God for the beauty in what we consider imperfection, and for making things the way they are ( Read more... )

Mom the climber
in hospital
with a compression fracture

Seriously. She fell on her left ankle while bouldering (traversing a low wall without a rope) and suffered a compression fracture. Now in Tan Tock Seng Hospital. She's okay, just a bit sheepish.