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Tuesday, January 1, 2013

2012 Recap

When I look back on 2012, I remember it as the year I became an adult. I thought I'd justify my claim by a series of top ten lists. 

Enjoy! And Happy New Year :)  

10 Greatest Adventures of 2012

1. Serving at the Kairos Women's Mission Director Conference.
2. Leading a small group for UCO Ann Arbor's Life in the Spirit Seminar. 
3. Tutoring English to Asian Students @ U of M. 
4. Learning how to communicate well with male co-workers. 
5. Leaving Ann Arbor, moving to Pittsburgh
6. Working as a mission leader for UCO Pittsburgh
7. Serving with AmeriCorps at the Carnegie Library of Homestead. 
8. Living in the women's house in Pittsburgh.
9. Living/working/maintaining my friendship with my best friend.
10. Exploring community life in the People of God Community. 

10 Best Books (I read) in 2012

1. Dreams from my Father by Barack Obama
2. Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metazas
3. Man and Woman in Christ by Steven B. Clark 
4. A Town Without Steel: Envisioning Homestead by Judith Modell
5. The Juvenilzation of American Christianity by Thomas Bergler
6. The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
7. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
8. On the Road by Jack Keroac 
9. A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Conner 
10. Writing About Your Life by WIliam Zinsser 


Top 10 Scripture Verses of 2012
1. " I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. The one who plants and the one who waters have a common purpose, and each will receive wages according to the labor of each. But we are God's servants, working together - you are God's field, God's building" - I Corinthians 3: 6-9 

2. "For if you keep quiet at such a time as this, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another quarter, but you and your father's family will perish. Who knows? Perhaps you wave come to royal dignity for just such a time as this?" -Esther 4: 13-14

3. "Do not be afraid, stand firm, and see the deliverance that the Lord will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians whom you see today you shall never see again. The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to keep still" Exodus 14: 13-14

4. "If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth." -Colossians 3: 1-2

5. "You are the one who shall command the priests who bears the ark of the covenant. 'When you come to the edge of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.' " - Joshua 3:8 

6. " For it is a credit to you if, being aware of God, you endure pain while suffering unjustly. If you endure when you are beaten for doing wrong, what credit is that? But if you endure when you do right and suffer for it, you have God's approval, For to this you have been called because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you should follow in his steps" -`1 Peter 2: 19-22

7. "And do not keep striving for what you are to eat and what you are to drink, and do not keep worrying. FOr it is the nations of the world that strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them. Instead, strive for his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well" -Luke 12: 29-31. 

8. "It is by holding fast to the Word of Life that I can boast on the day of Christ that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain. But even if I am being poured out as a libation over the sacrifice, and the offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you" - Philippians 2: 16-17 

9. 'Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, 'Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?' And I said, 'Here I am, send me' " - Isaiah 6:8 

10. "For I know the plans that I have for you declares the Lord" Jeremiah 29: 8

2012 in 10 Songs

1. "Independence Day" by Bruce Springsteen
2. "Lover's Eyes" by Mumford and Sons
3. "Backstreets" by The Gaslight Anthem
4. "Try" by Pink
5. "Girl on Fire" by Alicia Keys
6. "Shackled and Drawn" by Bruce Springsteen
7. "Better Dig Two" by The Band Perry
8. "On My Own" by Samantha Barks
9. "Highway Patrolman" by Bruce Springsteen
10. "Gimme Gimme A Man After Midnight" by ABBA




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