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Jodi Arias and the Problem of Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Jodi Arias wants to die. Is it cruel and unusual punishment to force her to live? If her attorneys advocate in her best interests, as they should, and that, obviously would be arguing for a...
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Allysonisms: An Overdose of Feels and the Awesomeness of Doors
My oldest is seventeen. Often, I hear people lamenting about how awful the teenage years are, how tense the mother-daughter relationship can become, how their daughters cause them no end of angst,...
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Sister Trip
I’ve been off the grid for a few days. I took a trip with my sisters and we spread my mother’s ashes. It was a wonderful and terrible experience. Because of an awful family history, my sisters and I...
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The Bus Ride Home
It’s been a while since I sat in the front seat of a bus full of exhausted teenagers on the way home from a week of church camp. In the interest of full disclosure, I must say I am not upset about...
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Strong Lasting Impressions
“We are stronger than we think. We have emotional, spiritual and even physical resources at our disposal. We may get knocked down, but we don’t have to stay down.” -Steven Goodier I rescued this ground...
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The Weird Math of Grace
I keep trying to write…something. I’ve got nuthin’. The draft file is growing exponentially, but I’ve been feeding it only creepy fast-foodish stuff that has questionable origins and no real...
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Trusting Wildfire
“How do I know I can trust you?” “You can’t. That’s why it’s called trust.” -Battlestar Galactica People are funny. We think placing our trust in an Unquestioningly Good God is some sort of impressive...
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Letting Them Rest
The value of life is crystallized in its brevity. I was thinking about that this morning, reading about the forever-altered city of Newtown, Connecticut as they face the one year anniversary of their...
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A Christmas Wish
Amaryllis means “radiant beauty” in the Language of Flowers Merry Christmas, dear readers. May each of your homes be filled with music, smiles, beauty, dancing, joy, love, unexpected blessings, grace,...
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How to Talk to a Former Fundamentalist
I left the world of fundamental Christianity some time ago. Many, well, okay, most of the people I knew from that time in my life seem to assume that means I have either become an atheist (I have not),...
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