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Sowing and Foreloved Workmanship
I saw on Reddit today someone was concerned about what they saw as someone making that person their “religious project” (Reddit). Certainly, it wasn’t clear to which church the post-maker was being invited to, or everything involved in their understanding of “religious,” but the post I read did reflect a sense a resistance to one’s…
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Nothing Gold
A unique aspect of Robert Frost’s “Nothing Gold Can Stay” is the comparison of days to seasons. He starts out talking of the flower of the leaf , or its ‘prime’ when it is green (Frost). But, it is only so for an ‘hour,’ he says – then, no more (Frost). What does he mean…
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Waiting
photo: Cristian Nagraia I’ve been waiting and watching for hours I’ve been staying up praying all night when will you listen and answer when will you save by your might come quickly Lord Jesus to save us come soon and when we stand in your presence we’ll know every thing you told us is true…
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Wanted: Truth (notes on Huck Finn)
photo by Aula Baca Hello readers, here is a post from a college class I was in. May you find a blessing in the sense that Noah Webster defined it (the Hebrew blessing) (https://webstersdictionary1828.com/Dictionary/blessing#:~:text=BLESS’ING%2Cnoun%20Benediction%3B,blessed%20the%20children%20of%20Israel.). ~ Emily Winslow Cox. Disclaimer: parents: if you have kids you may want to read Huck Finn first before deciding whether…
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Waiting for a World
photo by Carlos Cuatro Waiting for a world brand new I walk and talk and sing with you of love forever, always true Love has loved us first In all things we have victory through Christ in us in you and me he makes a picture others see of who he is he sets us…
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Wilberforce: Faith and Love – Part 1
Lately I have once again taken a look at Kevin Belmonte’s Hero for Humanity: A biography of William Wilberforce. During Wilberforce’s life – and this was a tension expressed in his experience – people were concerned that the what they called “enthusiasm” of the “methodists” – of religion that resulted in not being able to…
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Defining the Puritans
Forenote: here is some fruit from my study on the Puritans. I thank my parents who have provided me with books and opportunities to learn. Thanks to my dad who has labored as a lawyer and to my mom who has felt the pangs that brought me life and continued, with my dad, to labor…
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Defining the Puritans
Forenote: here is some fruit from my study on the Puritans. I thank my parents who have provided me with books and opportunities to learn. Thanks to my dad who has labored as a lawyer and to my mom who has felt the pangs that brought me life and continued, with my dad, to labor…
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Sacrifice and Human Identity: in Love, Marriage, and Life
Lately, I am been thinking. Yes , thinking is normal. Specifically I have been thinking about how, in marriage, while the husband is called to reflect Christ to his bride, they – both man and wife – are together called to live like Christ. Together, they are called to be living sacrifices to the lord…
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Truth and Peace: Finding the Maker Today
Photo by Chris U. What is truth? That is a question that Pilate asked Jesus. Wow! That is amazing – he asked The Truth what Truth is. The answer was standing in front of him. But in a way he did not see the one who was the way, the truth, and the life, just…
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