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Our Light and Momentary Troubles – Allie Davis

4. November 2009

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Our Light and Momentary Troubles – Allie Davis

What in this earthly life really matters, what is so difficult, when we know the truth that our souls are delivered from death? Death’s sting is no more. We will walk in the land of the living, never the land of death, for “everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die,” according to our Savior.

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Love Requires No Performance ~ Allie Davis

26. August 2009

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Love Requires No Performance ~ Allie Davis

But others of us actually like to work – or even more, to be praised for that work. That’s the clincher: the painstaking discipline and the many sacrifices along the way are not fun, but it’s all worth it for the future accolades.

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Perceptions of a 3 and a Half Year Old – Allie Davis

29. July 2009

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Perceptions of a 3 and a Half Year Old – Allie Davis

“You be the little person, and I’ll be the big person,” he said. “Ok, sure.” This will be fun, I thought: Impersonating a three-and-a-half-year-old to a three-and-a-half-year-old. I was curious what his interpretation of a “big person” such as myself would be. “Can I have my fruit snacks?” I ask. “No, you can’t.” His tone is quite stern, and he furrows his little eyebrows.

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Materialistic Poverty and Profound Joy, Lessons from an African Orphanage – Guest Author: Allie Davis

2. July 2009

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Materialistic Poverty and Profound Joy, Lessons from an African Orphanage – Guest Author: Allie Davis

I ONCE HAD A BOSS WHO WAS VERY ANGRY AND TYPED IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS. It was annoying. Every email, all caps and no greetings: Just do this, do that, the end. I believe he is angry at life, and in thinking about it, I realize this is an extreme contradiction. If life is a gift and a blessing, if we could lose it at any moment, how can we be mad at it? Or perhaps we should ask why we would be.

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