I have had it with. . .
Recently I have again heard people say that they have become somewhat dissuaded about the validity of the Christian faith because they don’t like what they see when they observe the lives of Christians.
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World traveler
Wow… I have had some week. I have been doing
a lot of traveling. During the course of this week I visited Rome, Greece, Egypt, and a small part of Africa, to name a few of the places I’ve been. It was amazing to see all these lands… from the comfort of the wonderfully adorned rooms of the University of Pennsylvania Archeological Museum.
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When I was young. . .
When I was young, I always marveled at how “old” old people were, and now I am fast approaching becoming one of them.
When I was young, I imagined a thousand different futures for myself, and now I see that the choices narrow with each passing year.
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I guess all I can do is pray
I’ve been considering life lately and it has occurred to me that with each passing year I have gained more acceptance of one particular truth; much of life is beyond our control, and what appears to be in our control really isn’t. The truth of the matter is that it seems that for the things that matter the most to us, they are the things we seem to have the least influence over.
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Giving birth to Death
I’ve been thinking more about addiction these days. Through the years I have noticed that Christians can sometimes resist the idea of addiction because they are upset by the notion that comes from addictions research and literature that people are born with certain dispositions and therefore are destined to spend their days ravaged by one form of addiction of another.
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Is it in our nature to “hear” nature?
As many of you may know, I was blessed to be on vacation in Florida over the past week or so. It was a wonderful time of rest and relaxation. While away we stayed in this beautiful condo provided to us by a friend that was on the third floor of a building.
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No extra cloak? No joke!
In a few days I will begin to accumulate things that I would like to take with me on vacation. I have been putting together a list of things that will bring me pleasure during my time of extended leisure. I thank God for these times of renewal when I am blessed to be with my family, see more of His creation and slowdown from the frantic pace of life.
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Severed & Saved
Hi everyone,
Recently we started “subscribing” to this e-mail post called “Today I found out” that presents articles designed to provide all sorts of interesting facts about a variety of subjects. A little while back, one of the articles was on circumcision from which I have provided a brief excerpt below:
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