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Entries from July 2008

Lama.

August 24th, 2004 · by John · 2 Comments

Ack! I’ve been neglecting all of you again!
We left on another trip–this time to Salt Lake City to baptize my best friend’s son and to attend Sunstone, a Mormon liberal-intellectual conference, where Jana and I presented. I hope to process both that and our Paris trip out loud on this blog, but the […]

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Tags: Doubt

Vacation, Marathons and Other Feats of Endurance.

August 4th, 2004 · by John · 1 Comment

I want to write a lot more about our Paris trip, including a handy guide for families with young children. One thought just struck me, however, and I’ll post it for posterity: we were together for two weeks as a family, 24 hours a day (except for the 4 hours that Grandma and Becky […]

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Tags: Paris

Guilt.

August 2nd, 2004 · by John · 2 Comments

Guilt drives my life. I hope that I can explore why in this post.
Perhaps a good deal of this comes from my upbringing–I worked pretty hard at school and extracurricular activities and felt very little direct praise from my parents–only criticism or lack of disapproval. Becoming a Mormon was enough to get me […]

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Tags: Getting over Religion