ben on September 25th, 2008

@CarrieWTM on Twitter asked me “How has your faith effected your level of happiness?”  For some reason, a quote that my Pastor (Steve Dewitt) gave during one of his sermons came to mind.
“I looked upon Christ, and a dove of peace flew into my heart.  I looked at the dove, and it flew away.” - [...]

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ben on August 30th, 2008

(warning, slighly emo post ahead.  you’ve been warned)
I lie awake a lot of nights, unable to sleep, just having a lot of thoughts in my head.  I always seem to forget them, so I thought tonight I’d just blog them.  Hopefully it’ll help me remember things I forget.
I often think that people, religous and non-religous [...]

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ben on August 20th, 2008

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Tough morning at work day. Lots of stuff going on, lots of stress put on me. So, to unwind a bit during my lunch break, I decide to do some Bible reading. Today I found it particulary insightful, and a little funny if you read it a certain way. [...]

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ben on August 16th, 2008

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Well, it’s almost September, and that means another year of Kinship is up ahead!  I’m really looking forward to this year, and I feel like I’ve learned a lot from last year.  Some of the stuff I tried worked.  Some (well, maybe a lot) of the stuff didn’t work, [...]

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ben on May 14th, 2008

photo credit: janusz l ( away for couple of weeks )
The other day I heard someone remark after being wronged, “That’s ok, nobody’s perfect.” Fair enough statement. I haven’t met any perfect people either. Or have I?
How do we know that no one is perfect? Would we recognize [...]

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