From Overwhelmed to Underwhelmed
i miss my friend. i know his wife Nicky misses him more. And some of you probably don’t miss him at all. And that’s okay. […]
on why rape [and violence to women in general] HAS to be taken seriously, part 3: conversation with Claudine
[this is where this series started if you are needing to catchup to part i] so part two of this focus on rape/violence towards women related to this interaction i had with a certain hashtag on the Twitter: 'it revolved around the hash tag #SafetyTipsForLadies which someone that i followed tweeted and so i went to the link and read a bunch of them and was horrified by the way they seemed to be dealing [...]
Taboo Topics: Cancer [specifically to friends of cancer sufferers] – Meet Heather Martin
Heather Martin is the wife of Robert Anthony Martin, who i met at a protest in Philly that was against an outdoor feeding ban in 2012, and she has agreed to let me use this blog post that she made which deals really well with this aspect... The No-No List by Heather Martin from her blog 'Not Quite Right: Faith - Life - Common Sense' which can be found here. 'For those of you who [...]
the invitation
so the next step in the brett fish & the beautiful Val next americaland journey has taken place... after three great official times [as well as many unofficial times comprising many drinks of coffee, milkshake and tea or variants thereof] of sitting down with people we love [and vice versa] and talking through some of what Relational Tithe/Common Change is about we put together an invitation email to gather a group of friends and family [...]
One way to make your mark [in the ongoing journey of the andersons]
So yesterday i wrote a post sharing a deeper glimpse into the future life, work and ministry of the andersons over here - we will be joining a non-profit called Relational Tithe with a working platform called Common Change which, in a very big nutshell, gathers resources from a group of people and then uses them to meet advocated needs from people within the group. It is a very exciting project and both Valerie and [...]
How to Save a Marriage… before you need to. [part xiii]
another day, some more challenging and insightful advice on how to build a strong marriage relationship by my friend Lauren McGill: I think the thing that makes my marriage more special than any other relationship in my life is the vulnerability. I remember in our first few years of marriage, sharing something that had been eating away at me with j. I was so broken and ashamed, really believing after he had seen this ugliness [...]