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Touch Grass
“The poet only asks to get his head into the heavens. It is the logician who seeks to get the heavens into his head. And it is his head that splits.” G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy So much of the thought and… Continue reading
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At Tables, in Homes
At Tables, In Homes “Every day they…broke bread from house to house. They ate their food with a joyful and humble attitude, praising God and having favor with all the people.” Acts 2:46-47 Because of new and different social circles… Continue reading
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As in Heaven
As in Heaven “…Your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.” Matthew 6:10 I am bad at saying no. Although the most valuable currency of my life is my time, I usually don’t feel like I’m in… Continue reading
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Minor Friendships pt. 3
No combination of circumstances, however worthy, calls for an adult to befriend a minor. For too long, the Church has under-evaluated the vulnerability of young people in conversations about evangelizing youth. The allure to “get them while they’re young” is… Continue reading
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Sexual Deception
Such a thing has never been seen or done, not since the day the Israelites came up out of Egypt. Just imagine! We must do something! So speak up! Judges 19:30 The Rafflesia arnoldii, commonly called the “corpse flower,” is… Continue reading
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Minor Friendships pt. 2
A teacher’s kid, I was always a teacher’s favorite. Blonde hair and dressed sweetly, I had a precocious personality I learned from watching musicals with my grandmother and conversing with adults from the time I could form sentences. My parents… Continue reading
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Minor Friendships
Memories of childhood accumulate tenors as we age, much like films of dust on picture frames or piano key covers. The experience of an event is always different, a thing of its own, than the event itself, and so in… Continue reading
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Judged and Justified
“I care very little if I’m judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I don’t even judge myself. For I am not concious of anything against myself, but I am not justified by this. It is the… Continue reading
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Completing Sin
“…they are constantly completing the number of their sins, and wrath has overtaken them at last.” 1 Thessalonians 2:16 The major lie of the world and of the one who has been given a measure of power over the world… Continue reading
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Every Thought Captive
For though we live in the body, we do not wage war in an unspiritual way, since the weapons of our warfare are not worldly, but are powerful through God for the demolition of strongholds. We demolish argumentsand every high-minded thing that is raised up… Continue reading
Day with Grace 