The Battle: A Step Forward

Step. Another step taken. Another step taken in this journey. Another step in this journey of steps. One journey. Twelve steps. Repeat. The Turtle has been away .. away from blogging … away from the journey … on sabbatical. The Turtle has been away because it is hard to find time to blog when there [...]

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The Stumbling Turtle

  WHAT IF I STUMBLE? What if I stumble, what if I fall? What if I lose my step and I make fools of us all? Will the love continue when my walk becomes a crawl? What if I stumble? And what if I fall? – DC Talk, “What if I Stumble?

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… There’s a Prison Cell

Inside this Shell there’s a Prison Cell + Switchfoot, “Free” (Hello, Hurricane – 2009) —

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Turtle On the Mend

Today was knee surgery for the turtle. After months of experiencing pain when running, and after aborting my training and giving up on this year’s Twin Cities Marathon, I finally went to an orthopedic doctor to have my knee looked at. I had a tear in the cartilege in my right knee. So today I [...]

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Be the Turtle (Repeat Post)

WHY THE TURTLE? (Repeat Post) It sometimes comes as a shock to realize that other people have actually read your page. Such a shock was visited upon the addict this week when he changed his avatar to a turtle. The overwhelming response from D-Monk’s underwhelmed readers: “Why the turtle?” The turtle has become a symbol [...]

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Theology of the Body: Alone We Are Incomplete

The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” + Genesis 2:18 – Man is not fully human—his creation is not complete—until he emerges in his “double unity” as male and female. Double unity speaks of a “two-in-oneness,” which is man’s completeness. [...]

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Inside This Shell …

Inside this Shell there’s a Prison Cell + Switchfoot, “Free” (Hello, Hurricane – 2009) —

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The Conquering Hero

Turtle Returns Home Safely The Turtle stumbled. The Turtle went away. The Turtle has returned home safely! —

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Split Turtle Soup

Come check out the Blogging Turtle! This Turtle has a split mind about things. He has decided to move on and not to move on! What??? This Turtle has decided to start a new blog. The Turtle no longer wishes to retain “Addict” as his primary identifying characteristic. He feels it is time to move [...]

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The Turtle Has Landed!

Another clean and successful trip for this Travelin’ Turtle!

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