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Fasting for Ramadan as a non-Muslim – Day 28

By on August 28, 2011 in Personal, Religion

Today was a very special for me during this time of Ramadan, because I finally got to spend some time with some of my local Muslim friends. Actually, that doesn’t sound quite right. How about “my friends who happen to be Muslim”? Yeah, I like that better. Last year, I got the opportunity to coach [...]

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Fasting for Ramadan as a non-Muslim – Day 27 (The Travel Day)

By on August 28, 2011 in Personal, Religion

Although today ended up being a really long day again, I must say that I appreciated not having to wake up before the break of dawn to do some water-loading. My rambunctious children, however, really enjoyed the the fact that we were in a hotel, and were up shortly thereafter anyway. For my kids, hotels [...]

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Fasting for Ramadan as a non-Muslim – Day 26

By on August 26, 2011 in Personal, Religion

Whew. Long day today. It started out normally enough. Got the kids off to school, then got into my desk to start working. I’ve been struggling with my focus in my marketing as of late. It could have to do with the fact that I’ve been focusing on my family, and if that were the [...]

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Fasting for Ramadan as a non-Muslim – Day 25

By on August 25, 2011 in Personal, Religion

When I was about 15 years old, my youth ministers decided that we would take a break from our annual summer routine of attending a youth camp in California with a stop at Disneyland or Magic Mountain on the way. When they told us that this tradition would be replaced by several days of hiking [...]

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Fasting for Ramadan as a non-Muslim – Day 24

By on August 24, 2011 in Personal, Religion

I still feel like I’m in a pretty good groove with this fasting, although today was a bit tougher at times. It’s an odd balancing act. I want to do what I can to keep my body healthy and not overdo things, but I also want to feel this fast, because it kind of seems [...]

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Fasting for Ramadan as a non-Muslim – Day 23

By on August 23, 2011 in Personal, Religion

I’ve really enjoyed the conversations that have sprung up from these blog posts over the last few weeks. I feel like I’m really getting a more nuanced and balanced view of Islam from all of this. My only lament is that I don’t have any Christians commenting along as well. I must take some responsibility [...]

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