a new home...

obviously i haven't been posting here for a while...did the wedding blog for a bit and now i have found a new permanent place to write, so check it out!

http://rachaelannewarner.com

xoxo!

hey you guys!

go here:

http://www.rawandnoj.com/2009/03/16/we-need-a-slogan/

and leave us some ideas for our wedding slogan!

you CAN doit!

pinko commie capitalist...

we are unlikely to prevent greed in the future by feeding it now. i am neither a politician nor an economist. but as a person with a fairly developed set of values, i cannot imagine how anyone who genuinely seeks to create a system that allows people to thrive would reasonably expect that to happen by pumping more and more money into the hands of the greedy...the PROVEN greedy.

i am a socialist of sorts...not in philosophy of government, but in hope for humanity. i don't necessarily believe that it's a good idea for the government to collect all of the shoes that everyone owns and then redistribute them to make sure everyone has a pair. but i do believe that if i have twelve pairs of shoes in my closet that i don't wear, then i should be sharing them with people who have no shoes. and i should not feel good, worthy, wealthy, or special about having excess when others are in need of basics.

as for government...i'm okay with capitalism...let the businesspeople argue and fight and manipulate one another...let the winners win and the losers lose. i still (insanely enough) believe in goodness. i believe that most people are not interested in hurting other people. and therefore, i believe that in a system of free enterprise and competition, when a person's greed overwhelms their usefulness, they fall. kinda darwin-y...

and i do think that the private citizens who have achieved abundance will share their abundance. and those who will not will be lonely.

but none of these ideals, lofty as they may be, will work...

...not if the government steps in, refuses to allow the greedy to fall (naturally selected) because of this tragic flaw...then not only does the concept fail, but we fail as a people...we learn nothing from our tragedy, we fail to remain human, and we all...fall...down.

oh yeah...

...i meant to tell you...what with the whole ordination thing (and 2 big meetings with votes coming up for certification), taking a team to belize in a few weeks, planning for a summer camp in june, and the little wedding we're throwing in august...i've been busy and not finding much time to blog.

BUT...we have a wedding site going now, and i am trying to do a few entries over there to keep it going, so check that out!

RAW and NOJ

wow...how cool!

here we are! one year ago on february 23, i met jon at the mall of america. here's an excerpt from my blog entry about it:

saturday afternoon i met up with jon at the MOA and we walked...and talked...for a bajillion and three hours. it was good. we didn't even go in any stores. we went to a late movie - jumper, which was incredibly disappointing.

heh heh heh...that's kinda funny! anyway, we met in front of sears, so we went back to the mall of america today and walked around. here we are at sears!

the proposal was pretty romantic. we had been watching tv shows last night and i (as always) fell asleep because i was pretty wiped out. jon woke me up at midnight and said, happy anniversary!!

and i was groggy. then he said, time for presents! and got out a box...and he said, now i don't want you to be upset...i did get you jewelry...i'm not quite ready to propose just yet, but i figured it was time for you to have some jewelry from me...and he gave me this really cool ring...

...so i put it on and told him i loved it, which i did, but inside i was kinda disappointed...and then he gave me a movie (JUMPER, of course!)...then he said there's one more present and he ran out of the room...soooo first i was pep talking myself not to be disappointed about the ring...then i thought maybe he bought a car.

...sooooo after a few minutes he yelled, you have to come out here for this one and i went into the kitchen and he was in a tux (i was in sweatpants!), on one knee, with the real ring and he said, so i was wondering if maybe you want to get married? and i was frozen and then i said yes and it was amazing...

...then i said, why did you do it at midnight? now i can't call my mom! and he said, you could probably call her...she knows about this... and i said, what? and he told me that on wednesday of last week while i was working late he drove an hour to meet my parents for dinner and talk to them about it!

...annnnd then i started to cry.

and now we're gonna get MARRIED!

ah-maz-ing.

xoxo!

one year later...

well i WAS feeling guilty about not blogging, but somehow this seems like an appropriate next post, so i guess things have a way of working out...


one year ago today i met jon warner...and at midnight, one year later, he asked me to marry him. and i couldn't possibly want anything more in the world than to be his wife. life is feeling pretty amazing today!

i'll give you more details soon...but for now, i'm too excited to type...

xoxo

one year later...

i know that they miss her. i know that i miss her. i know that there's a miracle in the way we all remember this particularly beautiful soul.

i hope there will be time for writing today.

i love you.