They beat me at poker.  Every single time we played, they beat me at poker.  i watched my pile of play money go lower and lower until i would be down to my last few bills.  Then one of them would say, “All in!”  Sigh.  i should’ve known better than to think that i (at [...]

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These are just some of the “dramatic” folks i work and pray with under UPCCC’S Artists Target (TA).  They aren’t all Art Majors.  Some of them are what we call sympathizers – like Chevy – the lady in the middle dressed in red – who’a actually an Economics major, and Dan – the guy sitting [...]

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i was never that mature at the age of 18. As far as i can remember my main preoccupations were “I, me and mine.” But Pristine is strong beyond her years. It kinda wigs me out when i think that i’ve known her since she was about three feet tall. And [...]

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Wisdom dictates that i not tell you her real name.
We started our discipleship relationship when she was a freshman at UP, smart, snappy and (yes) sassy – Mass Comm major. i had a bit of fear in my heart when i learned what her spiritual-parental “pedigree” was. But pikit mata i went ahead [...]

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