Muslim | Muslim
Feb.10.2013
Some time ago
Someone told me I was too naive
I gave people too much credit sometimes
they couldn't understand
how and why I saw beauty and kindness around me and they couldn't
For a while it made me question why I chose to live my life in a particular way
and I could never quite come up with an...
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Dec.03.2012
by J.R. Wagner
Click on cover to visit illustrator's blog -very cool!
This is Not a review! Well...if you twist your head slightly while reading this post you may think it is a review...but it's not!
And for the record, I finished this book well before the...
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Oct.28.2012
Well, it seems to me, that it does not necessarily mean that you’ve recited something known as a “Sinner’s Prayer” and so are Christian. To be sure, it is possible that this is how your spiritual journey with Christ began. But do not mistake the recitation of words with the resolve of life.
To be...
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Sep.26.2012
Today marks the final stepping stone in a journey started over one year ago. It is available now for ONLY 99 Cents on Kindle - http://goo.gl/GE6k1. Also on Nook, iTunes and Kobo. Keep reading to find out if it really is the end of One.Mark Miller's OneStory TwelveChoicesAlong the way...
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Sep.17.2012
September, 1987
The tires of our U-Haul brushed against the curb as my roommate, Dave, and I pulled up to our new home, a duplex in Seattle's Central District. We walked up the porch steps, opened the door and gazed at the narrow stairway which led to our top-floor unit.
"This is going to suck...
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Jun.17.2012
Day 169: Macresarf1's Year of the Apocalypse 2012 -- Crossing Swords over "Obamacare" and Education.
It was 86* in San Francisco today, four degrees short of a record.
In anticipation of Father's Day, Son Jason and I went for coffee across Geary Street, at the Angel Cafe. It was an absolutely fabulous day, clear, sunny, still, and warm. A panoply of humanity streamed along...
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Jan.09.2012
That Lila would hold her own daughter back (and tell herself it’s out of love) shows how women do each other in by becoming the foot soldiers who enforce the very beliefs that are meant to undermine them.
That “All-American Muslim” boldly addresses women’s (mis)treatment isn’t the...
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Oct.19.2011
The cool breezes of October seem to slip by us as time moves silently, like a stage hand behind the curtain changing props and set pieces. Before this month ends, you will have the opportunity to read the next installment of the ONE series.
Dr. Candy takes us to the other side of the...
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Oct.04.2011
Life is tough for women in Afghanistan. The lack of childcare may seem like a trivial matter until you consider the need of one mother. Without child care options she has to fly dangerous supply missions to remote areas and disaster zones in a military helicopter – her 5-year-old daughter alongside...
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Aug.30.2011
Am I the only one who thinks twice when hearing Georgia in the news? There is the state of Georgia in the US and then there is Georgia, the sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. What an interesting history Eurasia’s Georgia has had. First their oral history proclaims they descend from...
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