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Theology of the Body: Moderation

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During one class, I led a group that had to create a Theology of the Body.  It turned into one of my favorite projects, resulted in two new friends, and helped me conceptualize and defend something I already believed with my heart.  This post isn’t a paper so much as a bunch of verses from the Bible sorted into categories which, if you’re a theology nerd, is VERY interesting.  Trust me.

 

Application: The body is good, but it can be misused, either by excess or deprivation.

 

Celibacy vs. Hypersexuality   Continue reading →

Sunday Summary #25: What’s on the Internet

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Articles

Videos

1|  Jonathan Groff is no longer King George in Hamilton (NATIONAL TRAGEDY), but he makes up for the sadness by hilariously inducted Jimmy Fallon into the Order of the Garter.

 

A Week in Greece #14: Meeting Presidents, Reading at the Beach, and Starting HD’s Day Program!

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WHAT A WEEK.  It feels like everything in the world happened, but unlike last week, I felt really good about everything.  So much happened, but I still managed to find time to read two books, play an enormous amount of Civilization V (I’m obviously playing as Greece and I’m conquering everyone), and binge-watch season 2 of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

Sunday

Argyris and Dina took me to a church plant, but we showed up an hour late.  That was fine by me since their Translation Headphones were mostly screechy and I couldn’t understand most of the sermon anyway.  I have resigned myself to the fact that the majority of my spiritual teaching will come from podcasts…so I’ve been listening to all of Mike Stroh’s sermons at TFC!  He’s my friend and he’s so talented!

After the service, we went to Dina’s sister’s place.  It was a family meal, since their aunt and uncle are visiting from Chicago (actually, this 80-year-old couple went from Chicago to Boston to Chicago to Uganda to Greece…#lifegoals!).  There was an enormous amount of good food.  For being a socially anxious person, I mostly don’t mind just randomly crashing other people’s parties.  Probably because of the food.   Continue reading →

Letters Between Friends: ONE DAY LATE

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Lindsay gave me some seriously good advice (check out my letter to her last week for context) AND she has five very good reasons, BUT.  Her letter to me was one day late!  So I am therefore upping our blogging stakes and instituting a new rule:  Whenever one of us is late to blog, the other person gets to issue a challenge that must be completed during the next week.  So get ready, Lindsay.  In my letter next week, I will challenge you to….something!  I haven’t thought of it yet.

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Dear Tricia,

I have broken the chain!

I have failed you!  I don’t know what I’m going to do with myself.  *Distress! Destruction!*  Continue reading →

HD Update: THE DAY PROGRAM BEGINS TODAY

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Six years ago I had a revelation:  In the United States, I can go for months at a time without needing to rely on God.  I know someone will say, “You can’t even BREATHE without relying on God,” and yes, thank you.  But practically, being a privileged person living in a privileged country, I am free to rely on myself to succeed in life.  Prayers become something more like wishes than declarations of God’s provision.  Continue reading →

The Tyranny of “I Should”

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A while ago, a friend said to me, “I’d hoped you would participate more in the school activities…eat lunch with us, maybe go to chapel.”

I froze.  My mind whirred with responses, some excuses, some truths:  “The lunches are too expensive.  I forgot.  A lot of the time I’m busy!  Sometimes I’m too socially tired to leave my room because I’m scared I’ll run into someone and have to make small talk!”

Instead, I answered with a more palatable truth.  “I want home to be somewhere where nothing happens.”

My friend stared at me, and I could see their brain desperately trying to understand what I had said.  Finally, still with a confused look on their face, they said, “Okay.”

I agonized about this interaction for DAYS.   Continue reading →

INFJ Post Generator

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I found an INFJ article generator!  What a wonderfully specific gift on the Internet.  Here are some of my favorite posts that it linked me to.

1|  These spot-on cartoon descriptions of INFJ life by INFJoe.

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2|  Someone polled a bunch of INFJs and found our top 25 favorite movies!

Here’s what I found out: INFJs have very eclectic taste, but out of all the genres, they seem to have very obvious favorites.

INFJ Favorite Movie Genres:
1 – Dramas
2 – Epic fantasies
3 – Psychological thrillers
4 – Family movies
5 – Romances

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The Making of an Ordinary Saint by Nathan Foster

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61a-Xthj+SL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_I already wrote a more personal blog post about how this book made a huge impact on me, but I’ll try to be a bit more objective in this official book review.

IT WAS SO AMAZING AND HEALING!

Okay, no, I can be more objective than that.

Nathan Foster is the prodigal son of Richard Foster.  While his father was gaining Christian fame for his book Celebration of Discipline, Nathan was suffering from depression and suicidal ideation, alcoholism, and drug abuse.  After getting sober, going to counseling, and deciding to love Jesus, adult Nathan eventually got curious about his father’s life work in bringing spiritual disciplines to life.  But while the elder Foster’s books are more proscriptive (how to practice the disciplines), the younger Foster’s book is a narrative. Continue reading →

Workout Week #14

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Sunday

After church, I went out to a taverna where we got multiple entrees and even more appetizers, so I basically said, “Oh well,” and gave up on healthiness for the day.

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It’s always easiest to stay healthy when I stay home the whole day, snacking a little bit at a time as I get hungry rather than eating a big meal.  Hermits = healthy!  Why is no one pushing this angle??

Once again I’m feeling bored with the workouts I’ve been doing for over three months now, so…YouTube!  I searched “20 minute workouts” and this was one of the first that came up.  I liked it quite a bit, and I’ll probably cycle around to it again sometime in the future.  But not too soon, because…boredom.

Tuesday   Continue reading →

Sunday Summary #24: What’s on the Internet

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Articles

1|  The Toast nails it when describing “How to Really Make Friends as an Adult.”

Get out of the house and participate in activities where you’ll meet like-minded people. For most people that means going to a rock-climbing class or signing up for a wine tasting. You don’t like those things? Well, do them anyway. All potential friends are into rock climbing.

2|  I do not need any further convincing to go to Japan, but this list definitely made me more desperate than ever to turn my dream into a reality!

Videos

1|  I am such a big fan of guys (trying to) experience life as a woman and being all, “I thought this would be easy but it’s so hard!!”

2|  IT’S HAPPENING!!  High schools are starting to sing Hamilton songs!!!  AND THEY’RE SO GOOD!