I am Julie and this is my journal of life- a place to find sermons, life events, theological discussion, and reflection on life in general.
It was begun and continues to be a place to record all of this for me, and if you find you can relate, you are invited in.
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Trade of the internet-privacy for agency
Read more: Trade of the internet-privacy for agencyHow do we gain agency in a world that seems to take joy in making more rules and taking away more personal freedom in the name of communal freedoms? What would our world look like right now without the internet? What has gotten better because of the internet? Have we lost more or gained more…
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Knowing how…
Read more: Knowing how…“Knowing how is more important than simply knowing that.” ~Mary Hess Indeed. For years I knew that rearing children is hard. Knowing how it is hard is what helps me get through it. It is in the knowing how that I am able to find what is going wrong and try to fix it. When…
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Exclusive holidays…why Christmas and Thanksgiving SHOULD overlap
Read more: Exclusive holidays…why Christmas and Thanksgiving SHOULD overlapThere are a lot of holidays that really don’t go together. St Patrick’s day and Halloween, for example. There are even a few that bump up against each other that don’t quite go together either, like St Patty’s and Easter (some years). Many argue that Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas don’t go together either and therefore…
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The New Introvert- or rather "Net-rovert"
Read more: The New Introvert- or rather "Net-rovert"“It requires more work on the part of networked individuals to make their way successfully in an always-on, quickly moving world, and a new set of norms and skills-just as the transition from rural, agrarian life to urban, industrial life required.” In his book, NetSmart, How to Thrive Online, Howard Rheingold writes a chapter on…
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Collective Learning and Cohorts- A new way to Mastering Divinity
Read more: Collective Learning and Cohorts- A new way to Mastering Divinity“As the name implies, it is a collection of people, skills, and talent that produces a result greater than the sum of its parts.” In their book, A New Culture of Learning, Douglas Thomas and John Seely Brown take on the idea of learning in a ‘world of constant change’. When I read this book,…
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Syria, Anthony Weiner and 9/11… what a combo
Read more: Syria, Anthony Weiner and 9/11… what a comboEven for those not from New York, we all know who Anthony Weiner is. Who hasn’t heard the news of the talented young politician who screwed himself over when he decided to be unfaithful to his wife through sex-ting…twice. As you all know, he lost his bid for election in NY. He was a sore…
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