There are times when we feel like giving up — like the world is crumbling down and there’s no hope left to hold on to. Whenever I feel that way, I always turn to music to feel better and to be inspired. There are song lyrics that just get how you feel, and more often […]
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To the person who spent a majority of your life growing up in church: After all those Sundays, it became ritual. We sat in the same section of pews. We sang the same songs. We listened to the same altar call. After all those years, it felt like an obligation on our schedule rather than […]
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The following are facts: The world will keep orbiting the sun. The moon will keep orbiting the Earth. Seconds will stay consistent. Days will pass with time. As long as our blood is being pumped by our hearts, we are alive. The following is an idea: Being alive is not the same as living, in a […]
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After the car wreck, the three month coma, and the brain injury with a wheelchair, I say this: To believe in most anything is an intangible act of faith. We sort through what we can and cannot believe in as we grow older. I have learned that belief is not fickle. I grew up Episcopal, […]
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My cousin Yijiang wanted to be Christian and a Marine, the first hot pot my grandfather ever refused to swallow. “Your ancestors blinded themselves from reading the scrolls so many times,” Yeye spit, his eyes soaring to a faraway place I could never reach. “That’s what this ‘God’ gives you when you believe.” A younger […]
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