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why this blog?

Posted by molleth in On Whatever. 2 Comments

i am writing because i have an inner urge to polish the rocks rolling around in my head.

i am writing because i feel as if I’ve been dormant in the mud somewhere and am coming into Light.

i am writing because i have been in the thick of a settled way of thinking but find that it doesn’t answer some of the harder questions.

i am writing because i want Him, i want Him, i want Him, and am hoping that as I process my questions and musings, what is Him will be more apparent and what isn’t will be that much easier to cast off.

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Posted by mary on July 2, 2006 at 11:54 pm

Molly -

I’m a lurker at CH. My husband and I are moving to AK (granted, fairbanks … but its closer than most other places to you) monday – that is, we start driving then. Your musings about hard questions and mclaren/emergent leanings, and your posts at CH are often similar to what I have been tumbling over the last couple of years. Since I’m wandering, moving closeish, newlywed but shooting towards a sahm/bigfam life, etc, if you’re amenable, I thought I’d give you my e-mail. I know you’re busy with family, CH, etc. But doesn’t hurt to ask.

flying_mango[at]hotmail.com
Posted by Parenting with Gentleness Series « adventures in mercy on June 20, 2008 at 11:18 am

[...] and begin to build on a new foundation. After all, that’s what this blog is for—my rocks (<my first ever post on this particular blog, by the way, and just as true today as it was [...]

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Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.

The Lord of the Rings
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I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a door mat or a prostitute. ~Rebecca West

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Tell me what is it You plan to do with Your one wild and precious life?
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He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it. - Martin Luther King Jr.

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Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong. - Lao-Tzu

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