Rain. It is often thought of as depressing. But did you know the Bible often talks of rain as a good thing, a sign of God’s mercy? Where you are…
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I am living on borrowed time. It’s a truth I don’t often think about, and which hit me as I fought my way home from an unexpectedly long shift in…
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“But it’s so hard, you knowTo believe on your ownThat you’ll be okayWhen sorrow keeps chasing me down” There is a good thing about being an “artistic soul” who feels…
Leave a Comment“Quae tribuit deus, ante oculos non semper habemus.” “We do not always have before our eyes the things God has bestowed.”[1] his proverb was recorded from a common folk of…
Leave a CommentWell, today is a day of not working. I don’t just mean that I have the day off, which is fantastic, but the TV isn’t working right, the car isn’t…
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“She gave birth to her first child, a son. She wrapped him snugly in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no lodging available for…
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I feel my heart swell as I listen to the masterful song “From Now On” on the soundtrack to Greatest Showman, and my brain wonders why. Here it is… The…
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Much has been penned on why the study of history is important. Today I’d like to write briefly about why I find the study of history interesting. History is an…
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Sorry, but I’m not going to write a blog post today. I have too many other things to do. My wife needs me to help and spend time with her, instead…
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This is a passage you won’t hear in many Sunday school lessons or sermons. And yet it’s an increasingly countercultural and desperately needed message in our contentious, frenetic, and drama-addicted…
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