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Basic Skills
Before joining a Knit Together OC gathering it would be helpful to have a basic grasp on essential knitting skills. In the videos below you will see demonstrations for casting on, the knit stitch, and the purl stitch. None of these skills are mandatory for joining us, but knowing atleast how to cast on would […]
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Honeymoon + Texas
Robbie loves magazines. He comes from a magazine loving family. I must admit, I used to view magazines as useless ways to sell ads and clutter your coffee table until they inevitably end up in your bathroom for some business time reading. Of course I’d read them if one found it’s way into my hands, […]
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March 11, 2017: Our Wedding
Back in October when Robbie and I started dreaming of our wedding we both felt strongly about one thing: a wedding is important and a special day in our life, but our marriage is of more importance. Keeping that fact in mind gave us the grace and freedom to plan just the wedding we wanted […]
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Contact Me
Hello! Feel free to send questions, comments, or funny cat videos to me at Jenoas@gmail.com
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California Field Guide
Recently a friend from Germany, who now lives in Northern Ireland, asked me for advice on places to see on a California road trip. It dawned on me while writing up some points of interest that I have lived in this perfect state for two years. As much as it pains me to say this, […]
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See You Down the Line — Regenternship Recap
I’ve had about 6 cups of coffee, enough to fuel myself to Venus and back so I guess I am prepared to write this. Maybe. Am I? I’ve been tasked with writing a summary paper about my time participating in the Regenternship, our loose guidelines suggested I write about three main zones: the head, the […]
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Established + Wayward
Thoughts from a Santa Fe coffeeshop – Sometimes I worry I sound like a broken record on this blog, churning out again and again my thoughts, the same words, phrases, and ideas escaping my head into my fingertips and onto this white space on the blogger platform. I know some writers get accused of writing […]
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A Receptive Solitude: Thoughts on Reaching Out by Henri Nouwen
“The Gospel doesn’t just contain ideas worth remembering. It is a message responding to our individual human condition. The Church is not an institution forcing us to follow its rules. It is a community of people inviting us to still our hunger and thirst at it’s tables.” I picked up Reaching Out on a whim […]
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Something Lenten This Way Comes
Something I have written lots about is my somewhat complicated church history, as we enter into this Lenten season I want to take some time to reflect on how my experiences in church have shaped me, and how I envision myself expressing myself though worship moving forward. “Set out, pilgrim. Set out into the freedom […]
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In The Name of Jesus; Thoughts on Being Relevant.
This Regenternship book was short and to the point, I hope this blog does it just a sliver of justice. If you have a few spare hours I highly recommend this short wonderful book. _____________ It’s not often that I finish a Christian book, a leadership book, or a book with a very boring cover […]