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If you believe they put a man on the moon, man on the moon.If you believe there’s nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool. "Man on the Moon"R.E.M. This week I am especially and uncharacteristically thankful for the moon. But I must say I am more thankful that the Chinese people are thankful for…
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Brian McLaren included an insightful poem by Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador in his latest book The Secret Message of Jesus. Romero was a martyr– assassinated in 1980 for speaking up for God’s kingdom and justice. Here is the poem: A Future Not Our Own It helps, now and then, to step backand take…
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"I would never want to do that to myself." Anna (The Activist) Johnson On witnessing the evil queen from Disney’s Snow White guzzling the potion which turned her into a hunchbacked hag.
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Online television?…looks like my cultural adaptation just took a step backwards. I’ve been watching FOX news all morning! (ESPN, USA, Comedy Central, Cartoon Network…oh, boy. And to think I used to pay good money for this stuff.)
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A hush has fallen over the yeti home. It’s Saturday. No one (except me) is here? Christa and the girls have gone to a birthday party leaving me home to my coffee and fantasy baseball. Aaaahhh… This week was quite eventful. With language study in full swing before the October holiday the week seemed to…
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"They wander on earth and live in heaven, and although they are weak, they protect the world; they taste of peace in the midst of turmoil; they are poor, and yet they have all they want. They stand in suffering and remain in joy, they appear dead to all outward sense of life and lead…
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Well, yesterday I mentioned Sarah’s accident and subsequent resemblance to the kid from the movie, Mask. Here are… Exhibit A: and Exhibit B: It’s really sad. We’re pretty sure she gave herself a concussion because she was up last night vomiting. Scary. This morning she seemed back to normal–running around, doing her "crazy" eyes (which…
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Well, we’re back from our retreat into the mountains. We had a great time in Jianzha (pronounced roughy gin-jah in Chinese) and now we’re back in Xining getting back into our language study routine…which will be interupted next week with the onset of the "October holiday". I wish I had a lot of great photos…
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Our company here is having our annual "retreat" this weekend. We, Johnsons, are slowly recovering from our bout with scarlet fever and this weekend we’re excited to visit with all our friends who are working here in Xinng and around Qinghai. It will be a good time to re-charge and get away. For about three…
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I blitzed my way through Donald Miller’s latest work of genius To Own a Dragon. This is not going to be a book review (since I’ve already applauded Mr. Miller’s writing on many occasions). Instead I just wanted to throw a few of my favorite quotables out there. I liked these passages on his take…
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