Carried Along
A blog about real life through the lens of Christ
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So blessed to be able to write this, especially after such a crazy year!Congratulations graduates! www.rocksolidfaith.ca/bible-verses-for-graduates/
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As we finish another school year, praying I will focus on God’s definition of success, and not the world’s. twitter.com/pcacdm/status/1291310561783951360
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In 1996, I taught English in Xingjian, a remote province in China. Bordering Kazakhstan and Mongolia, this obscure province is where Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon was filmed and is currently well known for the Uighur “reeducation camps” located there. My only longer-term (6 weeks) overseas experience left me with many insights: Denominational differences are not…
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While holidays tend to highlight the pain of the lonely and broken, the gospel gives comfort. Psalm 68 reminds us the God is “A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families. . . . “ (Psalm 86:5-6). James 1 explains, “Religion that…
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Yep. That’s definitely what’s happened to me. I am definitely weary. Tired of quarreling and fighting, promises of quick fixes that only seem to perpetuate society’s already ill state. On top of my frustration with the state of, well, everything, I seem to have spiritual amnesia. I somehow believe that I am living in the…
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In the year 2000, I began a six year stint as a teacher in a treatment facility. I had just moved back my home state of Montana, after spending 6 years in Oklahoma and Texas, when my Grandmother died tragically. I missed my family, and I was really questioning how I had spent so many…
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Faith-Based Parenting: Restrictive or Compassionate? img_0825 — Read on box5297.temp.domains/~carrifk7/
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In 22 years of teaching in public schools, I’ve seen a lot of change. Technological advances, educational trends, parenting styles, behavioral patterns; a lot has changed. One particular change, a growing movement over the years, is that of atheism or agnosticism. In short, many more parents of this generation have decided to raise their children…
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It was 1996, and while the Olympic Games were being held in Atlanta, GA, I was teaching 40+ Chinese teenagers in a Soviet-style concrete building with live electric wires running down the halls. It was a hot, June day, and my eager students, usually so quiet I could hear a pin drop, did something that…
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I have reflected on this incident many times since then. That day, I began to understand the shocking truth of Easter. Easter is about resurrection, an occurrence only brought about by a miracle of God. It means not only have our sins been covered, but we, in Christ, have conquered death. We are truly free…
Carried Along 