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Movie Interests	In no particular order: Signs, Much Ado About Nothing (Kenneth Brenaugh), 12 Angry Men, Charade, Die Hard, LOTR, Serenity, Pride and Prejudice (Kiera Knightly), The Princess Bride, Mystery Science Theater 2000, and I'm sure there's more.
Music Interests	Also in no particular order: Kirk Franklin, Skillet (I like the older stuff best), David Crowder, Kevin Max, Mute Math, Jars of Clay, Amici Forever, the Cranberries, Plumb, Brave Saint Saturn, Weird Al, Simon and Garfunkel, All Together Separate, Fleetwood Mac, Regina Spektor, and the list goes on.
Interesting Quotes	"Thanks be to God, our Lord and Savior, who daily bears our burdens." - Ps 68:19 Thanks indeed! "The Lord your God is with you; He is mighty to save; He will take great delight in you; He will quiet you with His love; and He will rejoice over you with singing." -Zeph 3:17 "God always lifts up hope." -Toddie Dean "The call goes forth, and is at once follwed by the response of obedience. The response of the disciples is an act of obedience, not a confession of faith in Jesus." - Dietrich Bonhoeffer "Cost of Discipleship" "You have loved us first, O God! We speak of it in terms of history as if You have only loved us first but a single time, rather than that without ceasing You have loved us first many times and every day and our whole life through. When we wake up in the morning and turn our soul toward You - You are the first - You have loved us first; if I rise at dawn and at the same second turn my soul toward You in prayer, You are there ahead of me, You have loved me first. When I withdraw from the distractions of the day and turn my soul toward You, You are the first and thus forever. And yet we always speak ungratefully as if You have loved us first only once." - Soren Kierkegaard "The Prayers of Kierkegaard" "Cheap grace means the justification of sin without the justification of the sinner... Costly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again... such grace is costly because it calls us to follow, and it is grace because it calls us to follow Jesus Christ. It is costly because it costs a man his life, and it is grace because it gives a man the only true life... above all, it is costly because it cost God the life of his Son and what has cost God much cannot be cheap for us." - Dietrich Bonhoeffer "Cost of Discipleship"
TV Interests	Heroes, My Name is Earl, Myth Busters, Miami Ink, Good Eats, Anamaniacs... I don't have cable so I mostly just get various tv series in the mail through netflix
Favorite Memories
Favorite Books	The Hiding Place, Narnia (Voyage and the Last Battle are my favs.), Harry Potter, Thursday Next series, Pursuit of God, Cost of Discipleship, Jane Eyre, Prayers of Kierkegaard, Good Omens, Searching for God Knows What, the Ordering of Love (poetry by Madeline L'Engle), and there's others. I'll do the Christian thing and list my favorite books from the Bible: Hosea, Isaiah, James, 1 Corinthians, Psalms, Ruth, and Ester. Of course I like the others, but these are the ones that always feel like old friends when I go for a read.

Personal Information

Relationship Status:	Single
Looking For:	a few good friends... or a lot of them. Which ever.
Hometown:	Southern OK
Political Views:	Democrat
5 things I can't live without:	1. MarcoPolo (my cat) 2. My first NIV study Bible 3. Cannon Digital Rebel xti (although she's feeling intimidated now by the Nikon D30) 4. Baths 5. Storms
Height:	uh, 5" 7.5'
Eye Color:	Brown
Hair Color:	Brown
Build:	What girl would ever answer this question? Can I flag this as inappropriate?

Professional Information

Graduate School:
College:	Ouachita Baptist University 2005
High School:	Varnum High School 2001
Ideal Job Description:	A simple missionary's life.
Work Contact Info:
Career Interests:	I'm currently working in the book publishing business, but my aim is full time missions work over seas.

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I never know what to put in these boxes. Am I supposed to talk about how cool I? Well, in keeping with the traditional corny style of "about you" boxes - I deeply love God, aim to be a missionary, and currently work in the book publishing business for the Chickasaw Nation (that's a Native American tribe for those of you who are still reading, bless you.) And I dearly love my cat, MarcoPolo.

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Knowing the Author.

About a week ago I was in a book store in Estes Park, CO and I found myself at the new books display. On the table was "People of the Whale; a novel". After reading the back I found it interesting and finally checked out the author. It just so happened that I'm friends with the author and while I knew she was publishing a collection of poems set for release this year I had no idea about the novel. I wanted to stop everyone in the store and say "hey everybody, I know this author! We're friends!" I felt such pride swell up in my chest and for a moment I kind of felt a little famous, as silly as that sounds. I was so proud of Linda and went straight home to write her an email telling her that her new book was on display at a bookstore 1,000 miles away and that I couldn't wait to read it.

I happened to be in Estes Park on vacation with my family. For those of you who have never been to Rocky Mountain National Park, it happens to be one of our country's greatest natural treasures. Every time I go I am struck by the absolute breath taking beauty. The grandness of the mountains with their boulders and waterfalls and snow. It's almost as if you can feel their youthfulness and vigor. Few things can compare to sitting at a crystal clear lake nestled between towering snow covered peaks. It's enough to just sit and stare at the awesomeness, but it's breathtaking to be in love with its Creator.

Every time I go I hear the same things, "it's just so incredible", "what beauty!", etc. All these people standing in awe of one of our Nation's last protected places and natural treasures. They marvel at the elk in the snow, or the waterfall splashing down smoothed boulders, or the serene mountain backdrop. And it is incredible and worthy of the gasps it causes its onlookers. But every single time such things come into view all I can think is "my God made this."

My God conceived this beauty in His beautiful mind and put it into being with His very hands. I just want to shout it out loud - "My God did this! Hey everyone, I know the author and we're friends!" Instead of feeling small in comparison with what has been made, I just feel loved. I feel a certain pride swell up in my chest and yes, I even feel a little famous because I'm not just friends with the author - I'm in love with author and I know with every fiber of my being just how loved I am in return. And to stare at great things He has made... I know that there is no limit to which He will not only go for me but can.

But then my heart breaks a little. How is is possible that a crowd of people can be awestruck by the same thing and only a few even know of the Creator and fewer still know Him? That's not just a little sad - it's tragic.

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