Now that the Sermon Contest at HC is over for the year, I want to post my entry. It won an honorable mention, but I wasn't able to compete for the top prize due to scheduling conflicts. Maybe next year... Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord? I have heard you calling in the night. I will go, Lord, if you lead me. I will hold your people in my heart. Originally published at Phronemophobia .

Today is my 21st birthday. I am now a legal adult in every way. I can vote, drink, get my grown-up drivers license, and next year I will finally get out of school. And while I dont expect many people...Barker). God is love. God is the beginning and the end of all meaning. I give the world best wishes on my birthday. Sincerely, Stacey Originally published at Phronemophobia .

In light of the responses to my first post about evolution (Don't Check Your Brain at the Door) , I think a follow-up is needed. At this point, I'm not addressing the scientific claims of the Theory of...motion through the evolutionary process, capable of existing as a free-standing entity--without God? 10) As humans, do we need God? Why? Originally published at Phronemophobia .

So, I'm officially sick and tired of the club I work at. I'm going to shop around for a new one. But in the meantime, I'll keep dancing and only because I have a stupid amount of debt to try to take care...self improving uses than that. Traveling the world, moving out of Mesa, furthering my education, supporting a leisurely farm-dream lifestyle, funding my lofty creative pursuits etc etc etc. BLARG