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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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Sunday, March 12th, 2006
As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. --Matthew 13:4
The single direst weakness of the human race is a short attention span. For all the encounters I've had with God, one would think they would stick in the mind ...
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Thursday, February 9th, 2006
If you must order a fresh, flaky croissant and eat it in the car on the way to work, then don't wear microsuede. Those flaky little crumbs stick to you like you were flypaper. They don't brush off. They crumble into microscopic crumbs and brush in. ...
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2006
After an awkward pause, Uncle Jim, one of my regular readers and steadiest commenters spoke up and said:
i think what you're seeing in the lack of comments here is what i'm experiencing. i've read through this several time and don't know where i land on some of them - so ...
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Friday, January 20th, 2006
Thanks be to Aldahlia who showed me the way to this quiz. I've been checked out by the Grand Inquisitor and I'm not a heretic after all.
You scored as Chalcedon compliant. You are Chalcedon compliant. Congratulations, you're not a heretic. You believe that Jesus is truly God and ...
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Sunday, January 8th, 2006
This motivational message was created at Flagrantdisregard.com.
K-sra has a carnival of motivational posters going on on her blog. She doesn't usually blog on the weekends, so I've posted mine here, as well as emailing it to her for inclusion on her site.
Hey! This means I've still got one ...
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Wednesday, January 4th, 2006
Some people's great ideas come to them in the shower. Not for me. When I'm in the shower I'm usually thinking that I'm late, and don't have time to fiddle with the tempermental temperature of the water, so lukewarm trending to cold will have to do.
No, great insight ...
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Tuesday, October 18th, 2005
Part of being an optimist must involve being wrong sometimes. An optimist who was invariably right, would be called a realist, after all.
Postmodernism isn't a philosophy, it's a tactic. If you rebel against rebels where does that leave you?
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Friday, October 14th, 2005
WILLARD: I joined a club.
SAM: Really? That's great. Which one?
WILLARD: The Future Optimists of America.
SAM: Never heard of it.
WILLARD: That's because it doesn't exist yet.
SAM: Uh-huh.
WILLARD: But it's going to exist. We're going to form a charter.
SAM: Who's going ...
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Monday, September 26th, 2005
1. Be Honest About The Facts
a) The scientific evidence cannot prove or disprove His existence, because science is an innappropriate tool for examining the supernatural. Anything science can detect is, by definition, natural.
b) Don't be unnecessarily disdainful of people who have come to the conclusion that there is a ...
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