| Sex and down payments. Signatures and marriage. Separation and foreclosures. Defaults and divorce. Optionally, add alcohol to reduce the intoxicating effect. Blend it into a fine paste and feed it to your babies. It tastes like America and we feed it to generation after generation. We elect leaders to change the recipe but they can't - only we can. Do you want less government? Help a friend or neighbor in a holistic way so they don't need government aid. Your calling is to change the world around you using the same method Christ did. Speak truth and lay down your life to change it, and do not major in the issues you are not willing to lay down your life to change.
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| Stephanie has begun counseling a teenager in the 5th ward as part of Jim and Janie Allen's "Up" ministry and as part of completing her counseling studies at college of biblical studies. The stories of how this "counseling" relationship is unfolding are amazing and very encouraging to me -- they remind me of Jackie Pullinger's "Chasing the Dragon." It is anything but the normal sitting in a room talking scenario - it has become counseling by presence, example, and interaction in this teenager's unusual and often harsh, theatrical, and stark daily life. She still counsels verbally, but with a lot more impact because of how God is orchestrating the circumstance.
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| IKEA announces plans to buy GM, make domestic automobiles more affordable ... 
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| Ya know, I couldn't do what I do, the way I do it, if it weren't for everything Stephanie does. She is so helpful, supportive, and sweet. She takes care of so many things for me! I am hugely blessed and very grateful to have her in my life. So much of what she does, she does alone, when no one is watching. So, while people often see what I do, hardly anyone sees the amazing number of things she does for me, day after day. Some people have a hired personal assistant, executive assistant, administrative assistant, etc. for this ... and they'll often say they're worth every penny. I have Stephanie. If I had a personal assistant I'm sure they'd want to talk about a raise every once in a while. Every once in a while Stephanie wants to talk about something too ... and you know what it usually is? "What can I do to make your day go better? What can I do to reduce your stress? What can I do to help keep things running smoothly for you? What can I do to help you feel happier in life?" This after 17 years of marriage. OK, I'll stop bragging. Every once in a while, the amazement just hits me and I figured I'd blog about it this time. |
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