feeling poetic tonight

[This is a poem I wrote a little over a year ago…It’s about a mountain in Tibet called Kailas that is worshipped by three of the main world religions over here. I think primarily Hindus, Buddhists, and one other. I know it’s wrong to blame the “idol” for man’s flaws, but I think putting it…

December 5, 2005

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Writing

sunday night blues

This is Zhang laoshi; my Spoken Chinese teacher. I thought I should post a picture of her because it’s Sunday evening here (almost) and I’m already mourning the end of my weekend. Monday tomorrow (ugh!) Do you think this class looks warm and cozy? My classmates and I are talking about chipping in to buy…

December 4, 2005

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Life in Xining

O, how we spread the holiday cheer

I don’t know, but I think this kind of stuff just makes God sad… Can I just make a heartfelt confession? Sometimes I find it very difficult to unconditionally love my brother in Christ the (unfortunately often quoted) Reverend Jerry Falwell. Especially when the media quotes him saying things like this: "The fact is," he…

December 4, 2005

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Emerging Thoughts

miss me?

Well…did you miss me? You’d better have responded with a resounding, "Yes!" to that question rather than a somewhat confused, "What? Were you ever gone?" It’s been three days since my last blog post. I guess things got busy this week (in a good way…) Did you ever have one of those days where it…

December 2, 2005

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