Author Archive | Jenny Rae Armstrong

Random thought #1: Why do so few Christians fast? (At least so few of the people I’ve known.) It seems to me that in our current consumer culture, where there is such a tendency towards gluttony and addictions of all sorts, fasting is an especially important discipline. We are compulsive eaters, compulsive spenders, controlled by […]

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So, I did it. I cleared out my writing room, completely overhauled it. I meant to write about it earlier, how freeing the experience was, but I’ve been busy, too busy to do much blogging, and by the time I was slightly less busy, the Implications had hit me, knocked me into a mental and […]

I am not a big fan of making New Year’s Resolutions, but this year I’ve come up with a doozy. I have a little 8×8 writing room off my bedroom that is SUPPOSED to be a place to get work done, but in reality functions as a glorified storage closet. A short list of things […]

One of the greatest moments of this last year for me was discovering that “The Message” paraphrase of the New Testament could be downloaded from iTunes as an audio book for seven bucks. Seven bucks! For the entire New Testament! That’s like twenty hours of audio, for seven measly dollars. Now, I’ve been somewhat ambivalent […]

I survived the Sunday School Christmas Program. There were cookies afterwards. Life is good. 😀 Read more at http://jennyraearmstrong.blogspot.com.

You could swear in seven languages, but don’t. You know what to do if you’re being swallowed by an anaconda. You don’t get why your friends don’t believe your bracelet is made out of elephant hair. You measure your life in countries, not years. You shudder when you see juju bags in Pier One, and […]

I think my brain popped a fuse last week, or at least went into hard-core energy conservation mode. Blogging may be pretty sketchy until the holidays are over, but if I find I can form a coherent sentence, I will. So, in lieu of a scintillating mini-article, (hah!) I’ll post something Chistmas-ey from my neck […]

If you’re within driving distance of Poplar, Wisconsin, (or even if you aren’t!) consider this your personal invitation to attend DeepWater Music’s Winter JAM at 5:30 this Sunday, December 14th, hosted by the gracious folks at Mission Covenant Church. (Take highway 2 east out of Superior, drive about twenty miles, and turn right on highway […]