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The Misapplications of Matthew John

I’m in the process these days of applying to work part time for Campus Crusade. I’ve been volunteering with the local team roughly since my job ended at Focus back at the end of August. In any case, I’m having to fill out the online application and com …

Schooled by a Foreigner

“Oh, you’re from America? We love Obama too! High five!” This is a variation of the common phrases I heard in Europe during my study abroad semester in the Netherlands. Once people found out I am American, all they wanted to do was talk about Obama and …

Your Favorite Professor

No matter how long I’ve been out of college, I always think back to it in the fall. If anything, I do it more now than I used to. It’s a special time, and you don’t realize how special until it’s been a long while ago. As someone who went to school whe …

Being Sick and Being Single

I’ll be honest: Though I’m single, it’s not often that I find myself pining for a wife in a particularly immediate way. Actually, I’m going to contradict myself: Every time I have to cook for myself, I wish I had a wife. So that nobody assumes I’m a mi …

My Shopping Epiphany

The parking garage gave me a hint of what I was about to experience. Ah yes, the infamous Mall of America. I had been there before, but must have forgotten its enormousness. (Did you know there is a wedding chapel inside?! Who needs Vegas…) As my fri …

Make Me Good, But Not Yet

In his Confessions, St. Augustine famously says that, in his youth, he prayed, “Grant me chastity and continence, but not yet.” You can see why a quote like that has had staying power. It hits close to home for a lot of people. It hits even closer if w …

Think Pink

If you watched any NFL games this weekend, you surely noticed all the pink — the color of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. While I was watching the Giants–Bears game Sunday evening I said in passing to my roommate Ben that I found all the pink a little …

There’s No Substitute for Experience

There’s a saying in college sports: “The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.” Impatient fans don’t always remember that. The young quarterback has trouble picking up his receivers? “He can’t pass.” Smart fans, and coaches, know be …

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