I read about this in the Chicago Sun-Times
Jenn Gibbons, a 27 year old Chicago woman, who’s rowing 1,500 miles along the entire coast of Lake Michigan in an effort to raise money for breast cancer had made a point of using a blog to keep supporters aware of her journey. Earlier this week, a man used this transparency against her when he estimated Gibbons’ whereabouts. In the evening, with the rower asleep in the cabin of her boat, the man broke in and sexually assulted her. (more…)
I’m so excited to be moving to the Chicago area on May 20.
It’s a sudden decision and is something that, just a month and a half ago, was honestly not on my radar and that I hadn’t been considering.
This spring, I started taking graduate classes at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in their Master of Divinity program. Trinity is located in Deerfield, Illinois which is a suburb of Chicago. (more…)
The Wanted.
They are an English boy band who has a new song (video above) called “Glad You Came.”
Now – I’m obviously not in their target demographic, but I absolutely love this song. I listen to it multiple times a day.
It got me to thinking: as embarrassing as this song is for me to like, it’s really not even the MOST embarrassing “guilty pleasure” song that I have. We all have songs like this.
#7 – Because The Night – Patti Smith
If there’s one redeeming quality to this song it’s that it was actually co-written by Bruce Springsteen.
Springsteen had recorded the song early in his career, but it was not included on his album “Darkness on the Edge of Town.” The album’s producer was also producing an album for Patti Smith. She also recorded the song, included it on her album, and it has been her most enduring single. (more…)
