http://annebarron.myadventures.org Anne Barron - Adventures In Missions - en-us Thu, 7 Aug 2008 16:14:16 GMT 30 http://annebarron.myadventures.org/?filename=fill-me-up http://annebarron.myadventures.org/?filename=fill-me-up So for anyone that reads these, sorry that the past couple have been courtesy of other people, thank you amanda and bono for contributing to my blog. Tonight, I will type up one and try to get back in that routine. I like writing after a long drive because i'm a processor, and it's not often that you can get in a place and just think for hours on end. Tonight I was driving the fam to Mobile, AL for Thanksgiving festivities and while everyone slept and i drove i had this really beau Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://annebarron.myadventures.org/?filename=yeah-bono http://annebarron.myadventures.org/?filename=yeah-bono Bono: Grace over Karma book excerpt There have been a number of books written about U2 and their iconic frontman, Bono, arguably the world's most famous rock star. But not till now has Bono himself come out to tell his own story. In the new book, Bono: In Conversation with Michka Assayas (Riverhead Books), the rocker shares his thoughts on numerous topics with a French music journalist and friend who has been with the band vi Mon, 20 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://annebarron.myadventures.org/?filename=this-picture-should-give-you-a-heart-for-swazi http://annebarron.myadventures.org/?filename=this-picture-should-give-you-a-heart-for-swazi thanks to amanda petersen's mad skills for this picture.  I couldn't not show it to everyone via my blog.  But I can't take credit, i just love looking at it.  If it doesn't give you heart that reflects God's for Swazi, I don't know what will.  Enjoy! Thu, 9 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://annebarron.myadventures.org/?filename=home1 http://annebarron.myadventures.org/?filename=home1 This morning we were all eating breakfast and just in my random morningness, I was curious about this concept of home.  I mean, we go to Africa for 2 years, is my parents house still my home? Was college home?   What is home?   So we decide, is it an actual building, or is it a group of people?  Are the two dependent on each other?   If its a group of people then what if your parents go to a hotel in Atlanta for the weekend, does that Thu, 2 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://annebarron.myadventures.org/?filename=community-living http://annebarron.myadventures.org/?filename=community-living So, I'm not much of a "blogger", if you will.  And I think no one, aside from my immediate family (hey mom :) ) actually reads this.  But to keep up with the pace of what my blogs need to be, I've decided to make a new post.  Plus, I was driving today through NC and TN and had lots of time to observe and think.  I was driving through the mountains, and if you've never driven through NC mountains, first of all they are ridiculously beautiful. Second, there are some huge Thu, 26 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://annebarron.myadventures.org/?filename=compassion http://annebarron.myadventures.org/?filename=compassion "The word compassion is derived from the Latin words pati and cum, which together mean "to suffer with." Compassion asks us to go where it hurts, to enter into places of pain, to share in brokenness, fear, confusion, and anguish. Compassion challenges us to cry out with those in misery, to mourn with those who are lonely, to weep with those in tears. Compassion requires us to be weak with the weak, vulnerable with the vulnerable, and powerless with the powerless. Compassion mean Mon, 23 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT