***10:30 PM - A Quote for Today
It dawns on me more and more how trivial and short our lifespan is. It is like smoke; it is like a flower, it is like grass, it is like a butterfly–for it passes so quickly, flying away. Nobody, no one can bring back wasted years. One wishes that [...]
***Donate Joyfully. Donate Generously. Donate Freely.
Some of these links take you directly to the donation page, some don’t. Doesn’t really matter … just donate! If a site takes a while to load just be patient — it means that you aren’t the only generous person in the world! As you can see, I’ve included a [...]
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***3:02 PM - Updates
I just added a number of places where you can donate money. See below for the very long list. (Hope it’s not so long that you are overwhelmed and don’t donate at all!)
***2:23 PM - Ten Thousand Villages
Every year my Aunt’s church hosts a fair that features beautiful handicrafts from the group [...]
***10:24 PM - Movies
Just saw the movie Northfork and I can’t say much right now. It was a wonderful film. I’m just sort of in the speechless place right now, though. I’ll have to let it sit with me for a good amount of time. Then I’ll have to see it again. (But, meanwhile, Kelsey [...]
***8:26 PM - Prayer
I’ve been thinking about prayer lately. A while back my friends at beyond.com were discussing it. I’m not sure how many there pray … I know some do; I see the “I’m praying” emails. But I also see a bunch of “thinking good thoughts” there.
For me “thinking good thoughts” is fairly [...]
***12:26 PM - Yesterday
I said “Merry Christmas” to the checker at Safeway. I thought she seemed a wee bit surprised. I suppose maybe that could happen these days. Saying “Merry Christmas” has become a bit rare because we have so many cultures in this corner of the world — we don’t know who celebrates and [...]
***5:26 - PM
What We Wish For Our Children
The malls fall silent. Streets are empty now
and restless children try to fall asleep.
The midnight service, candlelit, an hour
before is over. Silence blesses each
exhausted parent. Huddled on a couch
we whisper, wondering if the choices we
have made will satisfy: we think of how
we’ve planned and shoppped, and rest now [...]
This is Brandon. Again.
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The guys working on the tree. 12.15.04
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