Do you have the heart of a hero? Do you have the spirit of a superhero? My favorite superhero stories are the ones in which the protagonist has no supernatural ability, no bizarre biologic mutation.…
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“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 11th century Belgium by a…
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What is the secret to effective chivalry? One can read about the ideals and commandments of chivalry all day (thanks in large part to a chap named Leon Gautier). But how do you actually take…
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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 of just time beside her…
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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 culture. Paul argues for “the…
4 Comments“My Jesus, my king, my life, my all, I again dedicate my whole self to Thee. Accept me, and grant, Gracious Father, that ere this year be gone I may finish my task. In Jesus’…
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The context of Luke 21 is somewhat dry. We tend to focus on the much-debated passage of Jesus foretelling a coming day of judgment[1] or the (admittedly moralistic) point that dissipation, drunkenness, and all their…
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What do I do when that fickle Muse deserts me, Especially when a Monday Musing’s due? She’s missing and I cannot find her, So I’ve typed up drivel through and through. And Muselessly mused where…
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What anxiety and care and hard work we put into temporal things – some of which are fine or even noble, some of which are wrong. I am mindful of how little I’ve…
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The phrase came to mind as clear skies and acres of green pecan trees flew past me without cheering me up. It’s an old adage that actually makes some sense. Not like “a rolling stone…
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