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Usually, when I drive in my car, I don't listen to the radio. I like the silence and the chance to simply take in the scenery. Lately, however, H has taken to driving my car around town, and he's a big time music person. The radio is always on with him, proving once again, that opposites …
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I started blogging in 2008, and this is the first time I've participated in a Blog Hop. I don't even really know what a Blog Hop is, but I've been having fun chatting with Karrilee Aggett, my blogging cohort, who invited me to join the fun. Karrilee and I got in some good (although not enough) chat …
I grew up in England, white skin, bright blond hair. One of my closest friends was from Jamaica, and two thirds of my elementary school were Sikh. My entire short life, I was surrounded by a canvas of brilliant color. For me, skin color was like eye color, or hair color. It was like whether you were …
Sit there and count the raindrops Falling on you, it's time you knew All you can ever count on are the raindrops That fall on little girl blue - Nina Simone photo: Flickr CC/ Cliff1066 Going there goes both ways and I have a story to tell you...about racism and hate. How it catapults …
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Do you remember the time the barista at Starbucks gave H and me free coffee? Remember how I had strange thoughts about whether or not white people in America get that kind of treatment all the time? Well, recently, a funny thing happened to me... H and I flew to Sun Valley, Idaho for a ski …
I may need to clear up some confusion. By now, you may have deduced I have a passion for seeing the Body of Christ do a better job of worshiping and living out our faith together, across racial, ethnic, and cultural lines. I believe we divide ourselves too much, it's true. However, I don't want …
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