Tag archive: school

Living a better story

For the third time in two years, I read Donald Miller’s A Million Miles in a Thousand Years. If you remember the last time I blogged about the book, I was leaving for Iraq. I found a story to fight… continue reading »

More importantly … Lauren’s Writing Goals for 2010 Revisited

I just posted a revisiting of my Christmas Break Goals, but I find this more interesting, because I’ve had a whole year to accomplish these goals. Let’s see how I did. 1. Write more fiction. I did it! I wrote a… continue reading »

Christmas Break Goals Revisited

Major fail. I tried, though, I promise. 1. Read three books. I’ve read two so far (Drops Like Stars by Rob Bell and Real Sex by Lauren Winner, which is better known as “That One Sex Book Lauren Winner Wrote”) and I… continue reading »

Christmas Break Goals 2010

Okay, I used to do this all the time. Every Christmas, spring, and summer break I’d make a list of goals I want to accomplish. Especially with three and a half weeks off, I figured this would be appropriate to… continue reading »

Life updates, August 2010

I haven’t blogged to just blog in a while. I’ve written a lot about PLC; I’ve written a few creative pieces, but I haven’t just blogged. Granted, most of the time I blog I have some muse to inspire me.… continue reading »

Life in Iraq: education

Yesterday afternoon, Claire and I visited Zeba and Amir in their office, two floors below the Preemptive Love office. One of Zeba’s friends was at their shop and we conversed with him about womanhood in Iraq, life in Texas, PLC,… continue reading »