Living the Dream

~~~Day’s Verse:Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.2 Cor. 5:17~~~
I ruefully admit that, when it comes to electrical engineering and cell biology, I have the attention span of a golden retriever. This term has passed more quickly than I might have [...]

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~~~Day’s Verse:We walk by faith, not by sight.2 Cor. 5:7~~~
Unlikely event of the week:“Maybe we’ll get something from your family in Australia.”“I doubt it.”But doubting Thomas proved wrong with the appearance of a postcard picturing a long golden stretch of Australian beach and signed “Mom/MIL” in the black Apartment 1F mailbox. Slender odds triumph once [...]

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~~~Day’s Verse:He died for all, so that they who live might no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf.2 Cor. 5:15~~~
I lost one of my two really nice leather winter gloves and only realized it this morning on my way to class. They have stuck with me [...]

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~~~Day’s Verse:But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves; we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed2 Cor. 4:7-9~~~
I have spent the last two days [...]

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~~~Day’s Verse:For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I have also been fully known.1 Cor. 13:12~~~
I started to write this thoughtful blog about relationships and people and life. But then I ran out of steam, re-read [...]

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~~~Day’s Verse:Bretheren, do not be children in your thinking; yet in evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.1 Cor. 14:20~~~
Poll!
I have the option to have my diploma read:Technical, Scientific and Professional Communication or Professional Writing.Which would you suggest I pick, and why?
This sort of thing makes me wonder if anybody will ever [...]

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~~~Day’s Verse:When was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things.1 Cor. 13:11~~~
Today being Darwin’s 197th birthday, it seems like a good time to reiterate my own personal stance on evolution and Christianity. The [...]

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~~~Day’s Verse:For we know in part and we prophesy in part; but when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away.1 Cor. 13: 9-10~~~
1. The Spider. To accomplish all the Cell Bio reading necessary, I sequestered myself in the library. Specifically, in a sunny spot on the floor of the top storey, where the [...]

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~~~Day’s Verse:Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away.1 Cor. 13:8~~~
I just thought of this in the shower. If you were making up names for characters in a Danelle Steel-esque romance novel, [...]

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~~~Day’s Verse:[Love] bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.1 Cor. 13:7~~~
What if…
Jesus didn’t know he was the Messiah?Jesus didn’t specifically know what the kingdom of heaven was?Heaven isn’t a place, but a process of increasing understanding?God is in each of us, and heaven is where God is, so each of [...]

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