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By the Book
Today’s post by Seth Godin is short and really sweet. I like the comparison/contrast he pulls off with both ends of a book: the table of contents and the index (and I’m kind of surprised I’ve not seen it before). … Continue reading
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Lifted
Many years ago,during the short window of time between college and seminary, I served as an interim at an area mission church. At the end of every service, which would often number three a week, we would make a circle … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Teaching, The Long Story
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A Study in Contrast?
First day of the new school year here. A couple of recent comics capture some real contrasts between vacation/school and students/adults well. Here’s a today’s classic Calvin and Hobbes. Such a great single-panel strip that moves wonderfully well from left … Continue reading
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Sunday’s Best: Meaningful Moments
There’s some good summer humor in the funny pages today. FoxTrot has an interesting take on real pools and the heat index, while Frazz sees Caulfield and Dr. Spaetzle having a philosophical talk about July turning into August. But today’s … Continue reading
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A Tuesday Recap
Tuesday was a bit of an odd one for people in Hawaii. It started out normal enough for me: the final morning of our “spiritual emphasis” time before heading into more meetings and classroom prep for the new school year. … Continue reading
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About Temptation
The folks over at Desert Fathers in a Year recently crossed the halfway point of their project. One of the highlights of the project has been the occasional interview with Bishop Erik Varden, who does the exposition of each episode … Continue reading
(Super) Mural and Moments
With last week’s release of Fantastic Four: First Steps, the summer movie season has pretty much come to a close. There are still some potentially fun movies coming out over the next month, but they aren’t quite “tent pole” movies … Continue reading
Sunday’s Best: Splishing and Splashing
There’s a fair amount of summer in today’s Sunday funnies. Roger has Jason mowing the yard over in FoxTrot (and Jason responding with some interesting payment metrics). In the world of Calvin and Hobbes, the summertime explorers find themselves walking … Continue reading
Praying for Humility
Let’s make it three-for-three on the topic of prayer for this week. On Wednesday I shared about about “The Grain of Prayer” from Fred Sanders. Yesterday’s post shared the “longer version” of the Serenity Prayer. Today’s post is about a … Continue reading
On the Serenity Prayer
In yesterday’s post I shared something about prayer. I think it appropriate to do the same today. The Poco a Poco friars are taking the summer off as a way of marking the year of Jubilee, so I’ve been listening … Continue reading
Space Enough, and Time 