Seniority

I think I finally am really starting to feel like a senior. When I was a freshman, there were all the seniors and 5th year seniors and whatever, and they seemed so old and knew so much…it’s so strange to me that I am there now.  But I’m starting to actually feel [...]

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sunday morning

I went to church today.  And stayed for a Bible study afterwards.  I kind of lacked context throughout the whole thing, because they had gone through the book of lamentations and were on the last chapter….but it was still good.  I didn’t contribute too much to the converstion (as I said, I lacked context), but [...]

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2nd best

This is perhaps a bit of a subject change from my recent ravings…but I had a conversation with a friend tonight about my flute playing, and it affirmed a lot of stuff that’s been bouncing around in my head awhile.
I live in the shadow of some amazing musicians at calvin.  I will never be the [...]

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truth

To clarify yesterday’s post: I feel that sometimes I get a little worked up about things, and I just want to let you know where I stand.
I have a hard time reconciling the God of the old testament and the message jesus preaches in the new testament.  I don’t understand how a God who is [...]

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God is love?

If a man beats his male or female slave with a rod and the slave dies as a direct result, he must be punished, but he is not to be punished if the slave gets up after a day or two, since the slave is his property.  –Exodus 21:20-21
Then he said to them, “This is [...]

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introspection

Yesterday I decidedt that I think like music.
Of course that makes little to no sense to you.  Allow me to explain.
I have decided that it is impossible to adequately describe music in words.  It is made of physical sounds mixed with silence, rhythmic devices mixed with a succession of pitches.  It says something of the [...]

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