"Hugs, Not Drugs," or "Hugs, Not Splattered Brains on the Sidewalk"

This makes me proud to be Danish.*










*Would it be redundant to say Danish-ish? I means, I'm not 100%...

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This is why you never see me

I'm thankful for medicine, but I'm sick of side effects.
I'm sick of medicine that doesn't work the way it should.
I'm sick of feeling so out of control of my body.
I'm sick of passing out.
I'm sick of hating what I see and how I feel so much that all I can do is hide under my covers.
I'm sick of missing life because I can't handle it.
I'm sick of crying.
I'm sick of doing the right thing but getting the wrong results.

I suck at relationships. With everyone. I'm well aware of my dysfunction, so I didn't really want to listen to this podcast on relational living¹. But...in the first five minutes I was reminded why I love Status and think I must be distantly related to Josh Loveless (hint).














¹Status (aka "That Church I Stalk In Orlando") is doing a series called Relent + Respond. The focus is on being both spontaneous and intentional in your relationship with Christ, by relenting our ways and responding to His leading. You can find the podcasts here and also on itunes.

to do or to be

We can start changing people’s mindset. Instead of asking young people, “What are you going to do when you grow up?”, ask them, “Who are you becoming?” The question is not whether you will be a doctor or a lawyer but what kind of doctor or lawyer you will be.

from Jesus For President by Shane Claiborne and Chris Haw

things I have dreamt about since starting the new sleep meds:

• cake that explodes into streamers when you remove it from the oven (but then the streamers turn into cotton candy)
  
• being stuck in a serious snowstorm. Think white stuff everywhere, and my car driving off the road into a river. Then the sun came out and it was gone within approximately 3 hours. Then there were baby alligators.
  
• my former french teacher
  
• my former french teacher golfing with 3 guys I know (but they don't actually know eachother)
  
• swimming while carrying a toilet...(this one's a little fuzzy)
  
• a guy at work having to fix my old roommate's phone, which was an old nokia with a stubby antennae
  
• dressing up like Santa
  
• dressing up like Santa and performing in a packed auditorium
  
• getting 2 cookies, one peanut butter and one chocolate, after I played Santa

Mr. Acuff has a way with words. I not have way.

Stop reading my blog and go read Stuff Christians Like. Start with this one.

You'll laugh.
You'll cry.
You'll once again thank me later.

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"As a professional nanny, I've found that scaring a baby doesn't alleviate her hiccups, but it does scar her for life."

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The chief thing that separates us from God is the thought that we are separated from God.
-Thomas Keating

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