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this cd needs to be bought (to all you thieves out there – including myself) and listened too.  it is incredible and so are the people that make this music.  congradulations micheal, you deserve this.  and

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there is beauty in those things we see as feeble and weak.  are we willing to be weak in order to find beauty or will we continue to hide behind false pretenses, power, control and

Lovedrugs Save the World

Lovedrug I am on my way to by the new lovedrug album.  you should all do the same. support music that still has some heart in it. Then i am going to drink coffee and

friday moving day

We have been packing for about two weeks, and we have already taken many things to the other apartment. Last week emily went everyday i think just to take even a couple things so that

Fourth of July in Skid Row

I found, at least for myself, one of the best places to spend a fourth of July Church service at – an African-American Church located in the middle of the hopeless and Notorious Skid Row of

posting life

I am learning how to be more visible in my thinking, I want to be apart of greater communities, thinking and storytelling.

class journal #3

Class Journal #3 June 30, 2004 Three topics arose today as we visited Skid Row, the interrelationships between Rich and poor, how to deal with the overwhelming problems of the city, and also what missions

Class Journal #1 Fuller at Skid Row

June 28 2004 Urban Mission Models Class Journal #1 I was struck the very beginning of the class by one small statement read aloud and set the momentum for the whole day.  This phrase was

Class Journal #2 Fuller Visit’s Skid Row

June 29, 2004 Class Journal #2 We arrived in Skid Row, LA’s Homeless “Containment” district this morning at about 9:00 am to find at least 10 people sleeping on the sidewalk.  One person

Inner Change Journal #4

Journal #4 July 1, 2004 Today, I began to have that camp feeling arriving with everyone around 9:15, groggy, people feeling more comfortable, and more personal with one another.  Today was a day to

short quotes

A: Dang it – I thought you were someone else.  Why do you always look at people as if you grew up with them or something?  Don’t you think it is misleading? Don’t you

new worlds

toying with new ideas about old worlds – old dreams – and old mistaken roads.  will the time come that we no longer look to the past to understand today.