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*amanda*

The presence of God is the finest of rewards - Life of Pi

About Me

Despite the fact that I desperately want to say something witty here, I can think of nothing at the moment which makes me sort of sad, but humble, which is not such a bad thing...I am orginally from South Carolina and for the moment I still call it home, though I have the chance to travel a good bit and never seem to be anywhere more than a few days at a time. But with all the amazing places in this world, home is as beautiful as it is imperfect.Jesus has made me alive and has done more in my life than I can type in this little space. He loves me perfectly. And that is worth living for...

My Interests

Books, magazines, newspapers (I am a news junkie), live music, cooking good 'ole Southern food, indie bands, sour patch kids, South Asian culture (especially India), writing, Gamecock football--really most all college football, baseball, finding just about anything I can do outside, Edisto Beach, Moo Moo Mr. Cow's from Moe's, gerber daisies (remember You've Got Mail? Daisies are the friendliest flowers) starting but never finishing crossword puzzels, autism awareness, Swahili, International Justice Mission, Anthropologie, and anything Christmas

I'd like to meet:

"I didn't have enough money to take the Gospel to the world, so God brought the world to me." Maybe one day on the streets of New Orleans I could buy this guy a beignet...

Make video montages at onetruemedia.com

Music:

Patty Griffin, Mindy Smith, Coldplay, Rufus McGovern, Nickle Creek, Andrew Peterson, Seth Walker, David Crowder Band, Over the Rhine, Chris Falson,Chris Tomlin, Ollabelle, Sufjan Stevens, Eisley, Matt Redman, Nicole Nordeman, David Wilcox, Harry Connick Jr, Watermark, U2, Rich Mullins, Jill Phillips, James Taylor, Johnny Cash, Ben Harper, Dave Barnes, The Fray

Movies:

To Kill a Mockingbird (classic!), You've Got Mail, Finding Neverland, Hotel Rwanda, Romero, Lord of the Rings, Hitch, Pirates of the Carribean, Shawshank Redemption, Walk the Line, Count of Monte Cristo, East of Eden

Books:

My heart beats faster everytime I walk into Barnes and Noble, crazy, I know...The Hiding Place, To Kill a Mockingbird, Blue Like Jazz, Searching for God Knows What, Josephine B, Velvet Elvis, Chronicles of Narnia, Redeeming Love, Brave on the Rocks (Sabrina Ward Harrison is a genius!), Everything is Illuminated, A Prayer for Owen Meaney, Pride and Predjudice, Bird by Bird, The Rise of the Creative Class, Barbarian Way, Walking on Water, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Ragamuffin Gospel, A Fine Balance, Where the Sidewalk Ends, Life of Pi, Girl With a Pearl Earring, Prisoner in the Third Cell

My Blog

Bella, the movie

So last week I had the opportunity to screen the movie Bella, which will be released in August.  After it was over, I sat so stunned, I could not bring myself to leave my seat!  It is an inc...
Posted by *amanda* on Wed, 09 May 2007 10:01:00 PST

The most important day of spring (other than Easter, of course)

Mark you calendars............. Ben and Jerry's Free Cone Day is April 17th!  What other day can you pay ZERO for some Cherry Garcia? Yum, Yum! www.benjerry.com...
Posted by *amanda* on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 12:13:00 PST

new obsession

really websites like this should not be so addicting.  You've been warned, my friends... www.linerider.com
Posted by *amanda* on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 12:24:00 PST

Grateful

Thank you to all who gave their lives to better ours. Happy Memorial Day! Oh and if you ever get the chance to see the changing of the guard at Arlington in person, please go.  It will surely cha...
Posted by *amanda* on Mon, 29 May 2006 08:45:00 PST

It is all worth it--In memory

I think if Lauren could speak to us now, she would tell us it was all worth it--every hard choice made for Christ, every sacrifice.  Dance and sing, sister... Lauren Marie Jones COLUMBI...
Posted by *amanda* on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:15:00 PST

I Stand Amazed

I stand amazed in the presenceOf Jesus the Nazarene,And wonder how He could love me,A sinner, condemned, unclean. O how marvelous! O how wonderful!And my song shall ever be:O how marvelous! O how won...
Posted by *amanda* on Wed, 12 Apr 2006 06:31:00 PST

Meet Khalid

This is the top story in Wednesday's (March 22) USA Today Somali's try to adapt to U.S.  http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-03-21-somali- bantu-cover_x.htm Now can I put a face on this pligh...
Posted by *amanda* on Wed, 22 Mar 2006 12:30:00 PST