http://kellycain.com/blog living inside a great story Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:34:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here is a collection of pictures of some friends in Wilmington painting pottery for Jessica Mixon's birthday. We had a blast painting our pottery, eating cookie cake, and looking at all of the bizarre, yet brilliant surroundings. ... http://kellycain.com/blog/2008/11/when-you-paint-you-must-play/ At first, I don't know what to do with articles like this one. I always think it's Onionish or Lark Newsish, only to come to find out, it's very real - and still ridiculous. I found this - God Trumps article from New Humanist about cards, that really help you decide ... http://kellycain.com/blog/2008/11/god-trumps/ This is wild to me. It's colder in Wilmington right now than it is in Kosice. http://kellycain.com/blog/2008/11/temperature-shift/ I've been processing through a lot about what it's like to go away and come back. I've realized so much about how being back is different, okay, it's real different. I've realized how I'm very "American" and think in American ways and have expectations that are at their core, American. But, when ... http://kellycain.com/blog/2008/11/when-you-go-away-and-come-back/ I'm still really connected with my friends who are living and serving in Slovakia. The current team consists of several of my past summer project friends (Lindsey, Stephanie, Amber, and Justin) as well as friends from last year's team (Aaron, Dara, Jeremy, and Bibka). Since the internet is a wonderful ... http://kellycain.com/blog/2008/11/stayingconnected/ I just sold my 5th generation video ipod on ebay. She was a faithful ipod, but now that I have an iphone, I don't really need her. This was fine until I realized that I didn't receive the payment from the buyer. I ended up having to call paypal [awful ... http://kellycain.com/blog/2008/11/selling-on-ebay/ It's so strange how competition surfaces in me this time of year. It must be from the years of making words out of cardboard, writing skits, choreographing dances, designing props, buying pig noses, crafting balloon arches, selling sweatshirts, and dancing on the dining hall tables. It must be all of ... http://kellycain.com/blog/2008/11/cornhuskin-and-the-legacy/ A couple of weeks ago I was in Charleston with my dear friend, Rebecca. We were talking one morning in Kudu about walking with God. Rebecca's been on staff with Crusade for 5 years and I was too before I left back in August. We were talking about the struggle ... http://kellycain.com/blog/2008/10/time-with-god-2/ Yesterday, I was thinking on the whole economic crisis and the billions of dollars spent, and the articles about luxury retreats, that are being investigated... you can't help but to think where is God in all of this? I know for me, the crisis call to attention the reality that ... http://kellycain.com/blog/2008/10/the-economic-crisis/ So what's the use in having a blog, if you don't use it. I'm not sure - it's just taking up valuable web space. So, I figured, I needed to tap into webspace again and verbalize a few things. In a lot of ways I feel wrecked, not by emotions purely, ... http://kellycain.com/blog/2008/10/for-a-while-now/