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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
God is Underneath Your Bed
by Joel Helbling
Saturday, December 30, 1995, en route to Parker City, Indiana
When you sit alone at night,
Fell spirits of the past are crowding in your sight;
When darkness cloaks your pain in art,
Shielding from mockery the face of your broken heart;
Shadows twist across the ceiling,
Grasping at the ...
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints. --Psalm 116:15
Christian music icon Larry Norman passed away on Sunday. Larry was a cultural phenomenon who left an outsized impact on many people. His unconventional mind left an indelible mark on me, mainly because of ...
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Monday, July 30th, 2007
"Road trip to the Grand Canyon," I declared. And I really meant it this time.
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Wednesday, April 18th, 2007
I was moved to read about the death of Israeli Engineering professor Liviu Librescu at Virginia Tech on Monday. He was killed while attempting to block the door of his classroom, allowing his students to escape through a window.
He was a good man. I only wish he had ...
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Monday, October 2nd, 2006
Astronauts aren't uncoordinated. They have to be able to moonwalk and chew gum at the same time. So it bothered Neil Armstrong to think that he had flubbed the famous first line from the floodlit stage of the moon: "One small step for man, one giant leap for ...
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Tuesday, June 20th, 2006
Here is a reprint of an article I wrote in May of 2002.
THEY'RE GOOD KIDS. They'll get it sorted out. That's what the parents of those of us in hab-rehab are saying now. It's touching that they continue to believe in us, even as the group sessions ...
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Tuesday, June 6th, 2006
My plans for the perfect glass of iced tea began this morning. On Sunday my sister-in-law gave me her old sun tea jar, and this morning I filled it up with filtered water and dropped in six bags of tea; two of Earl Grey and four of English Breakfast ...
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Friday, June 2nd, 2006
I once said my father "gets" Helprin (it was in New Jersey). What I ought to have said is that my father, more than anybody I can think of, is a Helprin character.
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Thursday, June 1st, 2006
First my flight was peremptorily postponed to the unusual moment of 9:29pm. The the lightning began, and briefly knocked out the floodlights on the tarmac, covering the drenched ground crew in darkness. Soon we were told 10:45pm. Shortly after that, we learned the crew of our flight ...
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Wednesday, April 26th, 2006
There was, in the deep, unfinished parts of the Cimmarron Church of God, an elevated baptistry which opened upon the congregation, and basked in the glow of the electric cross which adorned the brick wall above it. After the hymns were done I would tuck my violin under my ...
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