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“Everybody worships,” said David Foster Wallace in 2005.

“Everybody worships,” said David Foster Wallace in 2005. “The only choice we get is what to worship. And the compelling reason for maybe choosing some sort of god or spiritual-type thing … is that pretty much anything else you worship …

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Yancey and the Prodigal Son

Two things for today:

1) Just finished Rumors of Another World: What on Earth Are We Missing? by Philip Yancey. (Don’t ask me how long it took me!) I’m grateful for Yancey because whenever I read him, I learn so …

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Thirteen years later and a few illustrious visitors in Florida

armandao.jpegIt was in 2000 that I met Armando and Dinha in Toronto, Canada.

Four years later, I moved to Canada and stayed in their home in Mississauga for almost 6 months. At that time I met their son Marcio and …

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Celebrating our 2nd anniversary

johnnaandfabio_chicago  Last week Johnna called me. I was at work.

–  Fabio, I have bad news- she said.

–  Oh no, what happened?- I exclaimed, but at the same time I got ready to receive her bad news.

–  Well, our …

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Portuguese speaker in Largo!

God’s been showing up like crazy lately (or maybe we’re just more open to it!).  Saturday, after Fabio and I were hanging out with some friends at a church, there was a woman standing outside the church asking to speak …

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