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Sara has inspired me to join her in doing “30 Days of Living”.  Each day I will take a photo and post it on my blog.  Enjoy!

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Thanks to Lost In-Elegant Cogitations for the LINK.

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To read more, please visit my friend Carie’s blog: Practicing Sanity

Where I Left My Coffee
21 September 2007, 7:06 AM
You’re there typing, and I
stand here watching, wondering
where you came from. I don’t know
if there’s anything I could have done
to deserve this solace,
if deserving even falls within
the calculation, or if life unfolds this way
for each of us, [...]

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My husband and I did this together over the phone tonight.

You scored as 100% Chalcedon compliant.
Congratulations, you’re not a heretic. You believe that Jesus is truly God and truly man and like us in every respect, apart from sin. Officially approved in 451.

Are you a heretic?
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Emma has posted a wonderful sermon on her blog, Charming the Birds from the Trees.
Please take the time to read it because it is certainly worth it.
“God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”

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I woke up this morning pretty exhausted and proceeded to go into the kitchen where I opened the fridge. As I did this a tupperware container of homemade chicken noodle soup fell on the floor and exploded. And I didn’t even have any papertowels to clean it up. Then I somehow managed [...]

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I cannot begin to express the joy that I have been feeling this Bright Week. It is the first Bright Week that I have celebrated in the Orthodox Church, and what a drastic difference there is between it and that of the evangelical church! Our joy of the Resurrection continues throughout the week [...]

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I can honestly say that preparing for my life confession was probably the single most stressful thing that I have done in a long time. Having never before admitted my sins (all of them!) to anyone other than my husband and maybe a few family members or good friends, I was terrified. I [...]

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“Holy Chrismation is a Sacrament in which the baptized believer, being anointed with Holy Chrism on certain parts of the body, in the name of the Holy Spirit, receives the gifts of the Holy Spirit for growth and strength in spiritual life.” (Philaret’s Catechism)

Since my husband, son and I had all been baptized previously, we [...]

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