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This Year’s Fire of Prayer Speech
I don’t have the photos from this year’s Hunger Strike yet as it’s going on now. However, I do have the speech that I’m going to read around the bonfire tonight for our “Fire of Prayer” activity. This is the speech, I’ll add in pictures later as an author edit. You’ll forgive me that I think, readers mine. The name of this activity is “The Fire of Prayer”. A man who had a very personal relationship with God, a Catholic Saint by the name of St. Ignatius of Loyola, said that as Christians we should, “Go forth and set the world aflame”. This quote was the inspiration for the activity…
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Life is a Series of Fractures
Life is a series of fractures. I don’t just say this because I’ve been known by the somewhat offensive, but warmly meant, nickname of “Gimpy”—after I fell down two flights of cement stairs and busted myself up thoroughly on the first day of class—or because I’ve been known as “accident prone” since I was twelve, injuring myself so often that when I moved back from the East Coast I donated five pairs of crutches meant to be used in different types of weather. I say this, because, in my experience, it is the truth. Whether those fractures be emotional or physical, there will come a time when something will damage…
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Nook Tablet
I have a To Do List a mile long (which is next to absolutely no surprise if you know me) and have more books than I really know what to do with. I read incessantly and my collection of books is proof of this (really, I just need to buy a library and retrofit it to make a home of the place). I’ve got books under my bed, above my closet, on 5 bookshelves, in a drawer, stacked on my nightstand, and 15 boxes of them in storage. I love books. I adore the feel of the paper and the scent of the ink. I’m in reverent awe of word…