Angie's Place

Holiday Simplicity

When did we become a people of piles of presents? We’re wide-eyed waiting for more. What if we weren’t? What if we didn’t want more and more and more? What if we stopped collecting trinkets and treasures and glitter and gold? What if we consider our treasure Jesus’ birth and allow our hearts to focus on the salvation a baby brought?

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Loree's Lough Down

That Fall from Your Horse Scare You? Buy a Pony!

In May of ’93, after too many editors altered too many facts in the two thousand or so articles I’d written (for no reason other than to appease advertisers), I stepped off the Freelance Reporter treadmill and bought a horse named Fiction. For more than a year...

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At the Movies

Up in the Air

Free HBO brought this Oscar-nominated film to my attention, which left me pleasantly surprised at its moral message, despite the typical Hollywood scenes that turn away most Christians. Starring George Clooney, Up in the Air is a small, character-driven film that is more art-house theater than mega movie. 

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How NOT To Get Published

Blogging and Social Networking: Tools or Time Wasters?

Have you checked your Facebook page today? Have you Tweeted? Did you update your Scribd account? How are things looking on LinkedIn? Do you have a topic for your next blog? Do you use Foursquare, MySpace, Google Buzz, Goodreads, SocialVibe, or have you created a group of your own through Ning?

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