The Jesus Gypsy

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  • I Owe You an Apology

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    Christine
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    Actually, I owe you two. Shall we begin? (1) Please forgive me for being MIA for the past few several months. As you might remember, I am currently working on getting my master’s and, as it turns out, seminary is very much the opposite of easy. I am loving the courses though and—God willing—will graduate…

  • deep earthy honey-soaked butterscotchy royal autumn gold

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    Gold is my favorite color. And before all you ladies say AMEN, I don’t mean jewelry-gold (although that is quite nice and I am certainly not opposed to it). I also don’t mean sunshine or lemon or butter or dandelion yellow . I am talking about that deep, earthy, honey-soaked, butterscotchy, royal autumn gold. You…

  • a very good place to start

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    Before I repost some of my other favorite pieces, it makes sense to first retell the story of how this journey as The Jesus Gypsy began. It is, quite frankly, my very favorite story to tell anyway (I am a sucker for good love and redemption stories, and this one is both.) 😉 Plus, I believe that when we…

  • once upon a time

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    HOWDY STRANGER!!!  Hope you are well. I was thinking about you this morning and deeply missing the good ol’ days when I got to use my words for CREATING and CONNECTING instead of GRADING and GPA-ING. As you might remember, I used to do quite a bit of writing here and even had a few…

  • on Willie Nelson, Puppy Dogs, and the Holy Spirit

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    Christine
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    I am essentially an expert emotional escape artist. I am also a professional performer. “PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN,” my life has shouted through the years. We moved around like gypsies growing up (I am currently living in my 38th house and have just turned 39.) Such a tumultuous upbringing meant…

  • i live here, i give here

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    DID YOU KNOW that Texas ranks 2nd nationally for human trafficking and approximately HALF of the known cases include the sexual exploitation of children? Shocking, isn’t it? I know I was floored. I was even was further dismayed to learn that Austin is actually a well-known hub for this type of trafficking. Wanna be a part…

  • that time I was accidentally creepy

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    I once used salsa to try to bribe a girl into being my friend. No, this wasn’t some 4th grade will you sit with me at the lunch table kind of thing.  But it was a I think you are super cool and awesome and I would like to be your friend and I heard that…

  • the rest of the story

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    I have forever found stories fascinating and always wanted to dig deeper into people’s lives and really “get them.”   Perhaps that is why my degree is in Psychology (or was that more because I didn’t quite know what I wanted to do with my life and at least the classes were interesting?)  Any-hoo… Growing up, I…

  • #mynewthing

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    I swear I won’t cry/make you cry in this post.  I MEAN… WOW– I think there’s been enough of all that for awhile. So thanks for crying alongside me a couple weeks ago about our sweet puppy dog (if you haven’t read that yet and feel like bawling your eyes out and snotting all over yourself, please help yourself…