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Jim writes this.: 09.2012
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September 26, 2012. Artprize and art and our fine city. Artprize rages on in Grand Rapids. For you non-Grandrapidians who read this, it's a huge annual art contest in which a rich family in our city hands out a cool quarter-mill to whoever the public thinks brought the best piece, and $100,000 to whoever the Art Critics choose. You'll note that there must be some disparity between the critical top 25 and the popular top 25. I'm hoping that over the next few nights I'll get a chance to see the ones th...
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Jim writes this.: 11.2012
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November 10, 2012. Good point, Mr. Chambers. Lately, I am a man of few words. So I'll share someone else's:. Fellowship in the Gospel. Oswald Chambers' My Utmost for His Highest. I am constantly seeking great things for myself - the next career move, fulfillment in relationships, financial. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Good point, Mr. Chambers. The Burnside Writers Collective. Servin' the Lord in Puerto Rico. View my complete profile. Simple template. Powered by Blogger.
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Jim writes this.: 08.2012
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August 25, 2012. Bona Fide Tropical Storm Isaac. Last year, we did get a brief visit from Maria. The next morning, we found that the awning in front of our dining hall had been picked up and heaved into our playground. Boom, no more monkey bars. I picked up the storm shutters behind my house and took a mental note that they were to be kept up in any storm threat, lest I lay there and shudder in the mist and hear them clang around again someday. And that was it for 2011. Then the big night: Nothing happens.
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Jim writes this.: Artprize and art and our fine city
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September 26, 2012. Artprize and art and our fine city. Artprize rages on in Grand Rapids. For you non-Grandrapidians who read this, it's a huge annual art contest in which a rich family in our city hands out a cool quarter-mill to whoever the public thinks brought the best piece, and $100,000 to whoever the Art Critics choose. You'll note that there must be some disparity between the critical top 25 and the popular top 25. I'm hoping that over the next few nights I'll get a chance to see the ones th...
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Jim writes this.: You senseless, ignorant, brute beast, you!
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December 2, 2012. You senseless, ignorant, brute beast, you! Is how you title a blog about a Psalm.). I can't totally relate (yet) to having mobs of enemies chasing me down, or wetting my bed with tears, or the heart-wrenching betrayal of a good friend. To my untrained eyes and mind, lots of them seem indistinguishable, and often I read them out of duty, not the passion or curiosity I ought to read them with. Life is rough, I tell ya, so rough. How rough is it? Okay, so Asaph's no Rodney Dangerfield....
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Jim writes this.: Tragedy
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December 17, 2013. I wonder what happens to those people who live their entire lives without experiencing a significant tragedy. When they hug someone, do they hug like we do? When they encounter someone who has been completely wrecked by something, do they have that point of reference that some of us do, that permanent and unfixable moment when life changed? The one we dredge up and experience again, just for that split second when we know that someone else is hurting in the same way we hurt? Dont know ...
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Jim writes this.: Don't you worry bout a thing
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January 29, 2013. Don't you worry bout a thing. Jesus tells us we shouldn't worry. He says we shouldn't worry about what we're gonna eat or drink or wear. Something about the birds not having to, so neither should we. Even before the car problem, I was starting to worry . For me, it's the transition of life and my life purpose that have been stressing me out. There's no recipe to figuring out your purpose, I don't think. Because despite all of the thought and all of the process and all of the skill-b...
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Jim writes this.: Good point, Mr. Chambers.
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November 10, 2012. Good point, Mr. Chambers. Lately, I am a man of few words. So I'll share someone else's:. Fellowship in the Gospel. Oswald Chambers' My Utmost for His Highest. I am constantly seeking great things for myself - the next career move, fulfillment in relationships, financial. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Good point, Mr. Chambers. The Burnside Writers Collective. Servin' the Lord in Puerto Rico. View my complete profile. Simple template. Powered by Blogger.
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Jim writes this.: "me" as a four-letter word
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August 22, 2012. Me" as a four-letter word. Christian book should give you a nice, solid gut-punch. If it doesn't, go find something else to read. I just read The Freedom of Self Forgetfulness. By Tim Keller (Dude, that's 99 cents on Amazon for the Kindle edition.) It's a short book - only 30-40 minutes to read it, but well worth it if you've got an e-reader. (Go buy it, go now.). How did I do? Was I ready for this? What does this say about me? How does this reflect me? What's next for me? And that you'r...
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Jim writes this.: 12.2012
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December 15, 2012. Blogging for the End of the World. The end of the world is coming, they say. "They" being the Mayans, and everyone who believes them. Kinda makes me wonder how many people who are buying into it also think the Bible is a bunch of ancient hooey. Personally, I'm not sold on Mayan mythology, and I think I tip toward the reasonable side on the crazy spectrum. I would suggest that if you're gonna buy into their doomsday prophecy - and how does. One prep for doomsday, anyway? Okay, so if I d...
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