Tag: christianity
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They move in the quiet
If you’ve been present and active in a church, you’ve probably that experience that comes at the end of the service after the pastor has finished preaching and the choir or band is preparing to lead a last song. There is a quiet shuffling as dozens of people move to and fro in the worship…
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An Unfortunate Name
If you want to give your child an unfortunate name, I’d go with “Sylvia Pamela Risk.” That way every time she’d call someone on the phone, they’d not answer due to being called by S.Pam Risk. [You may now chuckle.] This gets me thinking on the reality of names. Throughout time there have been unfortunate…
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Discipleship is returning the weights
Discipleship is returning the weights to the rack. Recently I started attending a gym, trying to get back into a rhythm of good exercise. As everyone knows, this is an uphill battle. While your mind tells you that it’s a good thing for you to be lifting weights, your heart wonders if it might be…
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Genealogies
So what’s your family background? I always think it’s interesting when I see people doing the DNA and genealogy trees to discern aspects about their personalities today. It’s usually like 23% French, 14% Swedish, 3% etc. The funniest part is when people get thrown for a loop by some small percentage of who they are…
And yet, and yet... 