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Cate MacDonaldFormation
I hate my ipod. It’s slow and quirky. It’s storage capacity is embarrassingly low by today’s standards, and so it is constantly making me decide what I
Cate MacDonaldFormation
Does anyone actually believe in the power of New Year’s resolutions? Sometimes I think they are simply a reminder of how much we desire change, and, given our propensity
Cate MacDonaldChurchEvangelicalismFormation
On November 29th, TMZ reported that “Survivor” producer Mark Burnett will be teaming with Joel Osteen, pastor of America’s largest church, for a primetime network show in 2012. Burnett told TMZ, “The premise of the show is that ordinary people will […]
Cate MacDonaldFormation
There are times in my life when retreat seems the best option. I don't mean peaceful, quiet, necessary spiritual retreat, but the retreat of the defeated army, slinking
Cate MacDonaldCultureTechnology
I'm beginning to realize that the writers' block I struggle with comes, not from a lack of ideas, but from being absolutely tired of my own output.
Cate MacDonaldSociologySociety
Yesterday I had the misfortune of having to go shopping for costume elements, which included looking for rubber snakes. Side note: Kids these days just don't seem to
Cate MacDonaldUncategorized
A meditation originally written for The Twenty Pieces Project I've noticed that I tend to self-reform in waves, waves usually started by an awareness of overwhelming chaos
Cate MacDonaldCollege and University
Matt asked a few of us here at Mere-O to write a post on the one book everyone should read in college. Over the next couple of days some
Cate MacDonaldFormation
The following is a meditation written for The Twenty Pieces Project. Julie Barrios and I founded The Twenty Pieces Project as a way to challenge ourselves and our readers in
Cate MacDonaldFilm Reviews/Hollywood
Saturday I went to the movies with my family. When I discovered that the plan was to go see Cowboys and Aliens, I was, um, hesitant. All I knew of
Cate MacDonaldUncategorized
A few years ago I was on an extended solitude retreat on an island off the coast of Washington. With no books, television, music or other people to distract me,
Cate MacDonaldPoetryFormation
Midway this way of life we’re bound upon, I woke to find myself in a dark wood, Where the right way was wholly lost and gone. Canto 1:1-