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A single wish
A friend wishes for her darling one version of the Damascus story. Which one, the destruction or the conversion?: Acts 9:1-43 English Standard Version (ESV) The Conversion of Saul 9 But Saul, still...
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Flat-footed
During my morning walk, passing through a wooded lane and out into former cotton/soybean/corn fields where I used to fly remote-controlled airplanes in winter, down the country road not far from old...
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From the home front, via email from Mom…
Church Services of The Future ? PASTOR: “Praise the Lord!” CONGREGATION: “Hallelujah!” PASTOR: “Will everyone please turn on their tablet, PC, iPad, smart phone, and Kindle Bibles to 1 Cor 13:13. And...
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Don’t Fear The Reaper
Walking through the ditch at the front of our yard, stepping up and over vinca (what my in-laws called graveyard vine), bending over to cut unwanted tree/bush/vine seedlings — varieties of privet,...
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Subculture subether radio signals
Unpublished reports indicate that the D.C. police, along with National Guard and other (patripara)military groups, have been given full authority to fire unprovoked upon gatherings stated to be staged...
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Locked Cabinet, No Key
Within this mortal frame…it was a dark and dreary, rainy and foggy, soggy and sappy night…to be Scooby Doo or not to be doo-BE doo-WAH biddy-POP-a-doo my BABY. As a cashier at a retail establishment...
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God’s School of Medicine —“Change for a change”
I walk this planet as if I’m a visitor from outer space, surrounded by the nicest people who treat me as if I’m one of them so either I am or I am not. We certainly seem to be from the same universe...
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Interconnectedness
Thanks to Josh, Kristi and other happy employees at Cracker Barrel; Tom and staff at Colonial Heights Presbyterian Church; Jason and Lee Whitson; the massive support network it takes to put on an...
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The simplest of thanks…
…but with a boundless appreciation. To Abi and your own creative, unique, life-affirming ways, I humbly thank you for sharing with me your joy for living. Little would I have guessed that you in my...
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It’s from me it’s for you. It’s from you, it’s for me. It’s a worldwide symphony
The U.S. president stood at the podium and looked at the camera. “Earlier today I authorised a large-scale mobilisation of our naval and air forces to converge on Syria. “I have not made this decision...
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Found in my father’s papers
My father was an adjunct professor for over two decades and enjoyed learning from his students as much as he enjoyed teaching them. One of his students shared his cultural/religious/scientific view...
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The Rock is My Foundation
I don’t know how often I’ve veered away from the main storyline of this blog to tell you about my beliefs, the beliefs of the author of this blog, who I’ve been told should take this type of blog entry...
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The fountain pen coin in the penny loafer on the other foot
Two news articles to prime the pump for future blog entries: The breakfast of champions is for academics, not sports? Swinging on a cross, a star-crossed lover
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Keeping a perspective clears one’s thoughts
http://bible.com/1/rom12.2.kjv And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
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When I was a kid…
When I was a kid, it was interesting to watch the crazy people who flocked toward Ronald Reagan. Now they seem to go crazy around Obama. Hero worship is just plain crazy, n’est pas?
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Teaching children about real life
There’s nothing like seeing the predator-prey cycle in person to teach children about society writ large.
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How many spiders share a single web?
In the art of writing lives the thoughts of the writer — the philosophy, the biography, the culture (current and historical events, [un]written rules/laws), the imagination. The genres of the written...
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