Archive for the ‘Believing’ Category
In the midst of a storm
It’s good to have an anchor. I took this last night. My little point and shoot didn’t capture what it really looked like – dark clouds threatening, sun beyond. Below, the humble chapel on the hillside, one of my favorite places. I’d like to write about the storms of life and how we need to [...]
June 13, 2009
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Monica Brand · 
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Tags: church, Jesus Christ · Posted in: Believing, Living
Hey, you? Do you want a free book?
BibleDude is hosting a book discussion on Servolution: Starting a Church Revolution Through Serving by Dino Rizzo and he’s giving away the book for FREE if you need a copy. You know my motto: “If it’s for free, it’s for me!” And I totally stole that little rhyme from my brother John, but he doens’t have [...]
June 10, 2009
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Tags: books, non-fiction · Posted in: Believing, Reading
Surfing contentment: confessions of a Christian mommyblogger
I keep trying to write this post explaining my thoughts about why I would consider deleting the past four years, but it’s been so difficult not to not sound like a whiner. Let me see if I can do this without the Internal Editor. Contentment. I’m not too good with all the verses telling us [...]
June 5, 2009
· Monica Brand · 3 Comments
Tags: blogkeeping, me, more than you need to know, mothering · Posted in: Believing, Blogging, True confessions, Writing
No frills links: Twitter in church, tough moms and more human trafficking
Twittering in church, with the pastor’s okay (HT: The Digital Sanctuary) Mothers declare war on Argentina’s crack cocaine Utah to crack down on human trafficking Human trafficking focus of Kean University speech from acting U.S. Attorney Marra I didn’t get a lot of extra time to find worthy links this week. The weather turned fine [...]
May 9, 2009
· Monica Brand · No Comments
Tags: human trafficking, New Jersey, Twitter · Posted in: Believing, Speaking out for the Voiceless
My fake heart attack
It all started with a pain in my right arm. A sharp little stabbing like an imaginary nurse stuck me with with a needle. I rubbed it, fussed over it. I remember thinking, “Could this be a heart attack?” Looking back now, I believe that thought sent me on the path for all that happened [...]
May 5, 2009
· Monica Brand · 13 Comments
Tags: dying, fear, Jesus Christ, me, more than you need to know, Twitter · Posted in: Believing, True confessions
Interconnected
First we have this coming up on May 7. Which goes beautifully with this list. And if that’s not enough of a Bucket List for the believer, you can add a Number 51 – check this out. Don’t you love it when bloggers are mysterious in their links? Trust me, it’s all good.
May 2, 2009
· Monica Brand · One Comment
Tags: Christians and society, prayer · Posted in: Believing, Links of interest, Speaking out for the Voiceless
