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Goodbye, gadgets

I'm about to go 5 days without Facebook, Twitter, my BlackBerry, Macbook, GMail, iPod, digital camera and ATM card. Think I can do it?

Dedicating life to God

I may have a beer now and then. I may swear when things don’t go my way. I may feel anger towards people that upset me and I may be scared out of my mind about marrying a pastor, but I know I can change and become a pastor's wife.

I’ll Be Damned

Look inside your heart and be touched by god in all the right places with this heartwarming rollercoaster ride of pure faith.

Q&A: Making the distance work

How is it possible to maintain a strong, Christian relationship when a significant other is hours away? Blogger Pam Crimbchin answers a reader's question this week.

Texting love

Everyone texts. Even if people don’t have texting on their plans, most will catch themselves sending a couple texts a month. But does texting ruin a relationship? Maybe it strengths it? Or perhaps it only increases the ability to communicate. Like the kid in the Tootsie Pop commercial, “The world may never know.”

I’d like to think we’ll always be able to send letters

Have you ever gotten a letter from a friend? If so, didn’t you feel honored? Like, that person made the effort, because all the other media of today take much less effort than a hand-written letter.

We are normal, everyday people just like you

I understand that people have problems with Christianity or unified religion, but honestly, didn’t we learn to respect others in kindergarten? I’m just saying it sucks to be stereotyped as something you’re not, no matter what group you belong to.

Welcome to the new theburr.com!

Usually theburr.com launches somewhere around the beginning or end of the semester, when it’s too late to get your attention and, basically, you couldn't really give a crap about it. But this semester is different. Theburr.com is available RIGHT NOW — it launched the first day of school so that you guys can keep up on Kent State from the beginning.

What are you reading?

I doubt Sarah Palin reads enough. Even though she said she reads all newspapers and magazines in her famous interview with Katie Couric. Political ideologies aside, I wish I had enough time to read every newspaper and magazine that exists.