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RIT Dye Tutorial. It happens to me every year.

RIT Dye Tutorial

The second spring hits, I’m standing in front of my closet going, I am so sick of all my clothes, if I see that shirt again I’ll throw up, but I don’t have any money for new stuff, I’M SO TIRED OF EVERYTHING I OWN. You know that feeling? Let’s kill it with instant-wardrobe-transformer (aka RIT dye). RIT is a brand of clothing dye that’s been around since the 1930s. It turns drab-colored clothes and accessories into bright works of art, and I am obsessed with it. To these! And it’s not even hard. Now, there are other kinds of clothing dye out there, but I chose RIT because it’s got simple instructions on the back of the package, it costs about $3 per box, and you can find it almost everywhere in the U.S. I’m gonna show you how to do a basic stovetop dye job. But! OK! You will need: So now that we have our materials, let’s dye this elegant-yet-boring purse I found at a garage sale for a dollar!

Step One: Fill your pot ¾ full with water. To this! 27 Ways 2 Make Money 4 Teens. What You'll Wish You'd Known. January 2005 (I wrote this talk for a high school.

What You'll Wish You'd Known

I never actually gave it, because the school authorities vetoed the plan to invite me.) When I said I was speaking at a high school, my friends were curious. What will you say to high school students? So I asked them, what do you wish someone had told you in high school? I'll start by telling you something you don't have to know in high school: what you want to do with your life.

If I were back in high school and someone asked about my plans, I'd say that my first priority was to learn what the options were. It might seem that nothing would be easier than deciding what you like, but it turns out to be hard, partly because it's hard to get an accurate picture of most jobs. But there are other jobs you can't learn about, because no one is doing them yet.

And yet every May, speakers all over the country fire up the Standard Graduation Speech, the theme of which is: don't give up on your dreams. Which is an uncomfortable thought. Upwind Now. Bible Daily Devotions for Teens, Christian Youth Articles. Where did we come from?

Bible Daily Devotions for Teens, Christian Youth Articles

An argument used by some atheists to show that God doesn't exist, is that science has answered one of the big questions of humanity: How did we get here? They argue that, as our origins can be explained in purely scientific or ‘natural’ terms, we can be confident that there is no ‘supernatural’ cause. Therefore, they argue we can safely say the supernatural does not exist. In short, science has removed God. What are we to make of this? How to show God doesn't exist Let’s first consider the heart of the atheist's argument. Claim 1: The physical universe (what we can see and touch) is all that exists.

If both Claims 1 and 2 are true, then the atheists are right. If only Claim 1 is true, then the atheists may still be right, but without scientific proof (Claim 2), they cannot be certain. Rhetological Fallacies. Thou shalt not commit logical fallacies. The Uniqueness of Christianity: Introduction. What makes the Christian religion different from every other religion is love.

The Uniqueness of Christianity: Introduction

I'm probably going to get in trouble with the Buddhists and Hindus and Jews and Muslims out there for saying this, but it's true. I'm not saying that other religions don't concern themselves with love (because every religion worth the title does deal with love), but that in Christianity love is the central reality , not just one among a number of other values, and it is given far more importance than in any other religion.

This emphasis on love is what sets Christianity far above every other religion because love is the central reality of human life. Christianity sees the basis of reality as love: the love that constitutes the Undivided Unity of the Divine Trinity pours itself out in creating the cosmos, and then reveals itself in Jesus' redemptive incarnation and sacrifice on the cross. The response of Christians is to return God the love he has shown us.

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