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Archive for August, 2010

Nothing frustrates me more than directions. I want to pinch people who can just look into the sky and be able to tell they are facing southeast. It’s amazing to me that people can tell by where the sun is which way they are headed. The thing about directions is that you can’t be headed [...]

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Proverbs 21:26 “All day long he craves for more, but the righteous give without sparing.” ____________________________________ Only 16 countries in the world accept international refugees, the United States is one of those countries.The neighborhood of Eastridge is the home of many refugees that are sent to Amarillo. “Each year, approximately 1,000 refugees are resettled in [...]

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“New morning-after pill ellaOne works up to 5 days” Thoughts? Mine. Life begins at conception. From that moment until the day of delivery, cells are growing and multiplying. It takes 7 to 10 days from fertilization aka conception for the maturing embryo to implant into the nutritious wall of the uterus. (Resource: “Maturity Care: The [...]

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Recently I found a job. I wasn’t really looking, so maybe I should say a job found me. It was a great collision of some changes I had been feeling in my heart (one being a desire to love my community from inside it) and great opportunity. Since I moved to Canyon over 2 years [...]

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El Paso, Texas USA and Juarez, Mexico: separated narrowly by the Rio Grande River and a very tall fence. Two cities whose downtowns touch, proudly fly two very different flags. They are worlds apart, so it seems. The city of Juarez has seen well over 3000 murders in the past 18 months, on average 8 [...]

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At the age of 4, my father left my family and I, and never returned. He was an alcoholic and so addicted to drugs, we no longer mattered. The only memories I had of him were terrifying. If it wasn’t screaming and throwing things, it was threats or things of a much worse nature. Being [...]

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