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Start All Over Again
A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potential. — Charles de Gaulle Nothing’s impossible I have found,For when my chin is on the ground,I pick myself up. Dust myself off. Start all over again.Don’t lose your confidence…
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A Merry Heart
When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute—and it’s longer than any hour. That’s relativity. — Alfred Einstein (explaining relativity) In the Baroque period (c. 1600 – 1750) the liturgy used to include what was called…
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Chal Chaiyya Chaiyya
A translation of the song: Those who walk in the Shade of Love, have Heaven beneath their feet. Come let’s walk in the Shade of Love, in the Shade. Come let’s walk in the Shade of Love, in the Shade. Keep walking in the Shade of Love, your feet will lead you to Heaven. My…
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Broken Parts
Teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. Let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of…
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The Paradox
We have taller buildings but shorter tempers; wider freeways but narrower viewpoints; we spend more but have less; we buy more but enjoy it less; we have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, yet less time; we have more degrees but less sense; more knowledge but less judgement; more experts, yet more problems. We…
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Worldview
In the days to come, circumstances will compel Christians—particularly those in certain professions—to rethink our relationship to our work. We will be shown the door in some cases because of our beliefs. In others, the doors will never open in the first place—and if they do, men and women of conscience will not be able…
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Till Everybody Knows…
There’s a song by Leonard Cohen, protesting against the state of the world. It’s chillingly accurate, and can make one feel rather hopeless. But there’s actually much to be learned from it. Here’s some excerpts… Everybody knows that the dice are loaded Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed Everybody knows the war is over Everybody…
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Epitaph
We’re living in a country and time where Don Quixote is the model of sanity. Views that only a few years ago would have been considered tinfoil-hat territory are now being discussed by straight-faced mainstream newscasters. Extremists on both sides of the political spectrum are flailing around breaking things with no apparent goal in mind…
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Book of Life
The heavens declare the glory of God, the firmament shows His handiwork. … I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well. Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed, and in Your book they all were written,when as yet there were none of…
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Shared
May the road rise up to meet you.May the wind be always at your back.May the sun shine warm upon your face,The rains fall soft upon your fields,And, until we meet again,May God hold you in the palm of His hand. — Irish Blessing I was thinking about this site’s Mission to create a place…
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Prepare to Stand
The first of a series of eight 15 minute clips by Pastor Andrew Brunson, a missionary to Turkey for 20 years, about coming persecution. Brunson was falsely accused and charged of terrorism, and subsequently jailed in Turkey in 2016. He was eventually freed in 2018.
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Christian Survival Guide for A Secular Age
I’m in Moscow, a stone’s throw from Red Square. I’ve chosen this hotel, the Metropol, after reading Amor Towles’ 2016 bestseller “A Gentleman in Moscow,” where the novel is set. The Metropol, radiating old-world charm, does not disappoint. But the old man mounting the stairs at the hotel’s entrance, coming to meet me, does not…
