i’ve been dying to do this forever–to break into john’s blog and add a few of my own thoughts hopefully he won’t mind the intrusion (btw, this is jana, his wife)
i have tons of things i want to say, but i’ll limit myself to 2 or 3:
–first of all, I want to tell john […]

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this morning, while i was lying in dark and thinking, it hit me that overcoming insecurity is about removing hypocrisy from our lives. i feel insecure because i present one facade to the world and worry that people will not love me or like me when they realize what is underneath that ornamental veneer. one […]

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i would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to those few responded to my last post, whether by sending an email, by posting a comment, or by speaking to me in person. i am especially grateful for jami’s kind email message.
there is a disconnect between writing for myself and writing for a blog audience which […]

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this may seem like a strange entry, but i’d like to get some feedback from those of you who return regularly to this site to read its content.
mindonfire began as personal quest: i wanted to prove to myself that i could fulfill my goal of building a decent personal website, and i also wanted to […]

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