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Category Archives: In the News
Admonition–Be Compassionate
The unavoidable reality of what happened to those Coptic Christians on that beach last Sunday keeps running around my head in a loop these days. Many are asking, including me, what would it take to generate a response in this … Continue reading
Posted in Admonitions for This Hour, Faith, Family, and Culture, In the News, Insights, Series Topics, Wake Up Calls
Tagged Coptic Christians
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Pesky Personal Pronouns
The Ohio State University ‘Buckeyes’ football team won a national collegiate championship game last Monday night. Officials certified that the Buckeyes managed to accumulate more points than their opponents, thus securing that team’s right to exuberantly boast, “We won!” That … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Family, and Culture, In the News, Insights, Right Side Up, Wake Up Calls
Tagged Nehemiah, Sanctity of Life
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Believe It or Not
As most of you already know, I don’t generally engage in adding more comments to those that are already pouring out about whatever hot-button issue might currently be flooding the airwaves. If virtually every other human being with a keyboard … Continue reading
The Bulls are Loose Again
Welcome to early January, 2015. This is always a special time in our calendar year, a time that brings different things to celebrate—like our very own personal renovation. It’s the time when we witness an unleashing of a restless, pawing … Continue reading
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Tagged Weight Loss
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Drill, Baby, Drill?
Irony and paradox fill our news sources this Thanksgiving week. Our TVs, computer screens, newspapers, and many of our personal conversations are consumed with elements of it. In Ferguson, MO, individual violence and anarchy have begotten mass violence and anarchy, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ferguson MO, Thanksgiving
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Your Voice?
Next Tuesday, November 4, is Election Day. It is a time when our voice is heard in a unique and significant way, yet some tend to think that their voice doesn’t matter. Maybe we would do well to consider the … Continue reading
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