Category Archives: ideology
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Terminology
Posted on November 12, 2011 by gigigriffis in ideology“But to some people, [born-again] …means ‘Are you a judgmental, arrogant, narrow-minded, bigoted religious fanatic?’” – A New Kind of Christian, Brian McLauren I’m re-reading A New Kind of Christian. I remember liking it, but I don’t recall much specifically about it. Now that I am re-reading it, I’m coming across a few points that I [...]
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Shame On You
Posted on October 3, 2011 by gigigriffis in ideologyA few nights ago, just after we had enjoyed some fake French food with our real Frenchman, we headed to a cute wine bar just outside downtown Denver. We’d all had a glass of wine or two and our French friend was telling us about his experience (years ago) as an exchange student (high school) [...]
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Helping Somali Famine Victims
Posted on September 26, 2011 by gigigriffis in ideologyI really like this particular columnist – and it turns out right now he’s pointing us all in the direction of Somali famine assistance projects. Go read my thoughts and then his.
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Dear Negative Nancy, You’re Fired
Posted on September 22, 2011 by gigigriffis in beenthere, ideologyEverybody has an opinion on my life. And nobody can keep said opinion to themselves. Or so it would seem. And in some ways that is fine. I like to talk to people. I like to hear from them. And I need a little encouragement from time to time. So for those of you who [...]
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We’re the Best. Also, We’re the Best.
Posted on September 15, 2011 by gigigriffis in beenthere, ideologyI had an interesting conversation last week… We were talking about travel or something related to travel (I don’t recall, actually, where all of this started), when the man I was chatting with (we’ll call him American A) spoke up, “well, I hope you know that you live in the best country…” Whoa. Now, I [...]
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Self Reinvention: Month One, Part II
Posted on September 5, 2011 by gigigriffis in ideology, styleAs I mentioned, I’ve been fixing things. And shopping! Trying to take a wardrobe that was well-suited to a new-to-New-York-City girl of twenty-one and purge, reinvent and replace until it becomes a wardrobe well-suited to a small-business-owning creative-type in Denver. For me, this meant sweet brown and nude pumps… A structured red bag (and a [...]
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Self Reinvention: Month One, Part I
Posted on September 3, 2011 by gigigriffis in ideology, styleAs you know, a few weeks ago I went through my closet and threw out anything holey, stained, young or unsexy. Which left me with very little to work with. I tried to hold out on buying things until after the naked lady party, but alas, I had nothing to wear (unless you count three [...]
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Where (Fashion) & (Goodness) Collide
Posted on August 31, 2011 by gigigriffis in ideology, stylePlaces where what I’m into at the moment (fashion) collaborates beautifully with what I’m into overall (sustainability, love, goodness). 1. Hand woven. 2. Survivor-made.
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Things I Hate About 24 Hour Fitness
Posted on August 19, 2011 by gigigriffis in ideology1. They’re constantly trying to sell me crap I don’t need. I get email after email after email about stuff that tracks my heart rate and terrible tasting power bars and personal trainer sessions. I’m already a paying customer and I definitely didn’t sign on for this kind of Militant Marketing crap. How does this [...]
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On Loving Yourself
Posted on June 20, 2011 by gigigriffis in ideologyThis is one thing the church does not do well: teach children to love themselves. We’re taught to be martyrs. We’re taught NEVER EVER to think about sex EVER. We’re taught to love one another (though not often shown what that looks like). But we’re not taught about self-love. Why is that? I think it’s [...]
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