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Month: January 2019

January 15, 2019 by Val

When we last left our heroine…

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Stuff I wrote recently

  • When we last left our heroine…
  • On Pilgrimage
  • Stars
  • So long 2013, don’t let the door hit you on the way out
  • What’s that noise?
  • For dear friends who are dear saints
  • Forgetting my first love
  • Haters for Jesus
  • *KNOCK! KNOCK!*…ooooh, nevermind
  • Gratitude and looking toward my lesson this Sunday
  • What defines you?
  • God never tires of us
  • for all our children. tonight and always
  • Looking ahead?
  • Its Not Easy: Building Community
  • Lasts and goodbyes
  • Don’t cross here
  • ARR
  • The Wigglewhiskers clan will not be outdone
  • Silence

Stuff I wrote before

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  • March 2014 (1)
  • February 2014 (1)
  • January 2014 (1)
  • December 2013 (1)
  • November 2013 (5)
  • October 2013 (4)
  • September 2013 (8)
  • August 2013 (17)
  • July 2013 (14)
  • June 2013 (20)
  • May 2013 (28)
  • April 2013 (16)
  • March 2013 (37)
  • February 2013 (18)
  • January 2013 (1)
  • May 2010 (1)
  • February 2002 (1)

Ways I write about stuff

  • Devotionals
  • Essays
  • Imports (Reblogs for posts I found amazing and wanted to share)
  • Introspections
  • Musings
  • Random bits of random
  • Related to my "attributes"
  • Sermons
  • Uncategorized
  • Val on her soapbox – THIS IS IMPORTANT!!!

Stuff I write about

Acceptance baby guinea pigs beauty blessings childhood children make you crazy Christ Christianity Christian spirituality contemplation crucifixion cute cute animal death devotional discipleship dying Easter encouragement faith faithfulness friendship fun grace gratitude guinea pig guinea pigs Hannah healing history holocaust Holy Spirit hope humor Ignatian Spiritual Exercises Ignatian Spirituality illness Jane Austen Jesus joy Lent life lord of the rings love Mary Magdalene Matthew 11:28 Matt Redman mercy morality peace prayer preschoolers Prodigal son providence purpose random recovery Rembrandt sadness saint sermon service silly social justice sociology theology The Seven Storey Mountain Thomas Merton trials tribute waiting Western Civilization World War II worship writing

Other people with cool perspectives on stuff

  • FCJ Sisters' Blog
  • Photograph Works
  • Invisible Horse
  • The Trotter Family
  • A Profound Bow
  • Dr. Rebecca Hains
  • Days of Deepening Friendship
  • On the Road and On the Street
  • aidingaging
  • Sharing our Hope & Reducing Stigma
  • Cavy Adventures
  • Guinea Pigs & Me
  • My Precious Piggies
  • fairymagic.me
  • Margaret Felice
  • Special Collections and Archives / Casgliadau Arbennig ac Archifau
  • Peabody's Lament
  • Ignatian Spirituality
  • White Fence Media
  • Reason and Reflection
  • Not Alone on my Camino
  • The Life Of Isaac
  • Strolling to Compostelle
  • (in)courage
  • A Life Overseas |
  • Poetic Dialectic
  • The New English Landscape
  • Renovaré
  • Criggo
  • The Perpetual Vagabond
  • People for Others
  • Jane Austen Reading Group Ventura
  • www.livinglife2thefullest.com/livinglife2thefullest
  • Becoming Who You Already Are
  • The Wheekly Reader
  • Everyday Awe
  • This Beautiful Journey
  • Mothering Spirit
  • Heartline Haiti Blog
  • Livesay Family
  • Random Acts of Momness
  • Keeping Company
  • Hutch A Good Life
  • Reliquarian
  • Me, Him, and Others
  • medievalfragments
  • the inner mountain
  • cookiecrumbstoliveby
  • Lighting the Lamp
  • The Holy Ones

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FCJ Sisters' Blog

Reflections of FCJ Sisters

Photograph Works

Mostly Photography - occasional politics

Invisible Horse

Living in the moment

The Trotter Family

just trying to live all for ONE...

A Profound Bow

The Daily Examen.

Dr. Rebecca Hains

Author, professor and speaker | Children's media culture, media literacy, and media criticism

Days of Deepening Friendship

Contemplative musings on life and faith from a creative original

On the Road and On the Street

about homelessness and other issues

aidingaging

A practical approach to caregiving

Sharing our Hope & Reducing Stigma

Hope for Mental Health, Addiction and PTS

Cavy Adventures

A Legacy of Adventure and Love

Guinea Pigs & Me

^_^ WHERE WHEE CAN SPEAK- NOT JUST SQUEAK ^_^

My Precious Piggies

Enjoy the adventures of two very spoiled guinea pigs!

fairymagic.me

Contemplative musings on life and faith from a creative original

Margaret Felice

Special Collections and Archives / Casgliadau Arbennig ac Archifau

Showcasing Research Resources / Hyrwyddo Adnoddau Ymchwil

Peabody's Lament

OFFICIAL site of the American Hysterical Society

Ignatian Spirituality

Contemplative musings on life and faith from a creative original

White Fence Media

Collecting and creating media that inspires.

Reason and Reflection

Reason (Science) and Reflection (Life)

Not Alone on my Camino

“You don’t choose a life, Dad. You live one.”

The Life Of Isaac

Contemplative musings on life and faith from a creative original

Strolling to Compostelle

Contemplative musings on life and faith from a creative original

(in)courage

Contemplative musings on life and faith from a creative original

A Life Overseas |

a cross-cultural conversation

Poetic Dialectic

Poems and Writings reflecting a search for truth

The New English Landscape

For more than a decade we – photographer Jason Orton and writer Ken Worpole – have documented the changing landscape and coastline of Essex and East Anglia, particularly its estuaries, islands and urban edgelands. We continue to explore many aspects of contemporary landscape topography, architecture and aesthetics, and in 2013 published our second book, The New English Landscape (Field Station | London, 2013), the second edition of which was published in 2015 and is now out of print.

Renovaré

Criggo

The Perpetual Vagabond

Stories of Embodied Inquiry

People for Others

Contemplative musings on life and faith from a creative original

Jane Austen Reading Group Ventura

Contemplative musings on life and faith from a creative original

Becoming Who You Already Are

The Wheekly Reader

Online news and features for the U.S. cavy community

Everyday Awe

This Beautiful Journey

Contemplative musings on life and faith from a creative original

Mothering Spirit

everyday parenting as spiritual practice

Heartline Haiti Blog

Endeavoring To Be The Hands of Christ in Haiti

Livesay Family

Contemplative musings on life and faith from a creative original

Random Acts of Momness

Contemplative musings on life and faith from a creative original

Keeping Company

Spirituality, Mission & Identity (FCJ Sisters Province of Asia-Australia)

Hutch A Good Life

Reliquarian

Me, Him, and Others

It's a talk about Human Being..

medievalfragments

Turning Over a New Leaf

the inner mountain

desert/spirit/earth

cookiecrumbstoliveby

Life through the eyes of "cookie"

Lighting the Lamp

The Lord giveth and I writeth.

The Holy Ones

They are happy who live by the law of God.

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