Amy Writes

I have a new bloggy friend! Everyone, meet Alicia! For this first Seek the Lord in Schooling Saturday (Alicia's idea), I am going to cheat, and post my blog that was published yesterday on Revelife. I encourage you to visit it over there, because those people are not shy with their comments. It's amazing what some people will say to a stranger they've never met and will (most likely) never come face-to-face with! Anyway, here's the post. It's kind of a summation of the public school decision, most of which you've already heard: The Rest of the Story Some time ago, I was studying and I came across I Peter 2:12, which says: “Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.” Among the pagans. The life of the American Evangelical Christian isn’t exactly set up to “live such good lives among the pagans.” Around the pagans, maybe. In front of the pagans....

I keep seeing Facebook news posts or whatever-they're-called that friends of mine have joined the group (cause?) "Keep God in Schools." I have a few thoughts about this: 1. We, as a Church, seem to have a "Keep God in Schools," but "Keep Christian Kids Out of them," mentality. Actually, that's kind of my biggest thought. There are thoughts that flow from that, but, that's kind of it.

It's been crazier than usual around here, and I really need to post, but for now, I would just like to pose a question that I have been asking myself often. Sister Hazel's Swan Dive has these lyrics: And oh yeah well I might be crazy - But that’s not the same as insane And I’m scared - But that’s not the same as being afraid So what do you think? Is "scared" the same as "being afraid?" If not, what's the distinction? Discuss.

Rubbed the wrong way. Bad first impression. Not off to a great start. Weird feeling. We all have people or relationships that fall into those categories, right? It's easy to classify or write people off with our gut instinct. But what if you're the one being written off? I ask, because whenever I visit the library, I am exceedingly aware that I rub the children's librarian the wrong way. For some reason, around her, I am not me. Maybe it's because I find her loud and kind of scary, and I internally question her "expertise" in early childhood development. Maybe it's because the girls also find her kind of loud and scary, so we shrink toward the back of the room and become observers rather than participants during story times. I know that when I am in her presence, I come across as haughty. Non-committal. No fun. Sometimes I want to sit her down and say, "look! I'm really fun!" as the girls and I dance around and march in our own parade and hav...

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