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The Ties That Bind. The Cut That Frees
A poem on letting go…or, rather, having been cut.
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Self-Awareness and Self-Delusion
“All sin starts from the assumption that my false self, the self that exists only in my own egocentric desires, is the fundamental reality of life to which everything else in the universe is ordered. Thus I use up my life in the desire for pleasures and the thirst for experiences, for power, honor, knowledge…
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The Importance of Dreaming
In today’s world it’s so easy to get cynical and to follow the crowd in rolling your eyes to the oftentimes outlandish ridiculousness people succumb to in order to clicks and likes and get you in their funnel. The net effect is that we stop dreaming. Either we’re afraid of being seen as crazy or…
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Ten Qualities of a Wise Person
As I look to the new year and all that it offers by way of renewed vigor, I also understand that it doesn’t come with a blank slate. Year after year we have worn ruts in our life by our habits. Our amends with sinful behaviors and the inevitable justification and jawing about how we…
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Ten Qualities of a Fool…and How to Serve and Lead Him
As I have been serving and leading for a little over 25 years, I have been continually confronted with the realities that we will hire and have to endure what the Bible calls “fools”. This isn’t meant to be disparaging as much as delineate those who are a pleasure to live life with and those…