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Favorite Posts, Mentions, and Top Comments Week of 29September2013

October 6th, 2013 | 9 Comments

We are keeping our nose to the grindstones this week so there wasn’t much time for extracurriculars.  A certain someone has started writing his dissertation and has a tight deadline so I’m being supportive/expressing solidarity by working at most of the same times he is (well, when those times are before midnight – that is my bedtime!).   We have switched from attending church at 11:00 AM on Sundays to 4:00 PM on Saturdays – well, we’re trying to commit to the switch.  It’s a little weird to change our weekend routine, but I’m happy to have the Sunday mornings free.  Anyone else attend church on Saturdays?   Oh!   We spent $180 this week!  On tickets to my 10-year high school reunion!  I’m so excited!  I got to see a bunch of my … Read entire article »

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Favorite Posts, Mentions, and Top Comments Week of 19May2013

May 26th, 2013 | 8 Comments

Happy Memorial Day from Boston!  Kyle and I are in town for a wedding of one of my good friends from high school.  I’m so excited to spend time with a bunch of my old crew friends – it’s been a while!  Yesterday we went on the Duck Tour and out to dinner with some of the other wedding guests.  I love when there are more events on a wedding weekend than just the wedding.   The rest of this week was pretty normal.  We went to a great game night last Sunday and just kept our noses to the grindstones throughout the week so that we could leave town guilt-free.  Our small group is transitioning to our “summer hours.”  Our church finished up its big spring series two weeks ago, so … Read entire article »

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Don’t Give Here

October 31st, 2012 | 16 Comments

Don’t Give Here

  Our church is currently going through a five-week series called All In, which is a financial pledge campaign with emphases in being “all in” with the mission of God financially as well as in all other areas of life.  The previous campaign our church did started in 2009 and ended in 2012 and this current one will last two years.   Giving to our church is something we love doing because we have bought in to the … Read entire article »

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Why I Tithe

December 7th, 2011 | 3 Comments

Because I didn’t grow up “in the church,” I never really knew about tithing until I joined my first church family while in graduate school.  My decision to tithe was one I made as an adult and I have observed the changes in my character that have occurred concurrently with becoming a cheerful giver.  There is plenty of great content available about why one should tithe and how generosity is a mark of having been … Read entire article »

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