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Want to know why I don’t support either party?
(Source) This. The lovely Erin of “And Sometimes Tea” has an excellent post breaking it down. First up, I highly recommend this piece by Jack Hunter at The American Conservative, with the provocative title Pro-Life Means Anti-Drone: Barack Obama has never claimed to be pro-life. As the Washington Examiner’s Tim Carney writes: “President Obama has killed…
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My E-addiction
On the ride down the Turnpike to my neurologist’s office last week, K, who was driving, suddenly turned to me and grabbed my iPhone out my hand. I looked up surprised and asked, “What are you doing?” He looked at me, slightly irritated and asked, “What are *you* doing?” I knew immediately what he meant.…
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The Pleasure Principle
I took this in November 2011 at Memorial Park, Linden, NJ. “Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product. Paradoxically, the one sure way not to be happy is deliberately to map out a way of life in which one would please oneself completely and exclusively. After a short time, a very…
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Instascammed
I’ve had an Instagram account for close to a year now, but I don’t have any followers and follow no one. In fact, only I can see my pics since my profile is locked. I’ve only ever used the app for the filters. That’s it. I like stuff on Facebook, and follow on Twitter, and…
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God made him do it, and other fails
My friend Kandi tagged me on Facebook in a video of Fox News host Mike Huckabee discussing the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting. Here it is: Mike Huckabee’s Incredible Response to Newtown Shooting – Where was God? from anberlin_fan on GodTube. What shames me is that in claiming the name of Jesus I immediately become associated…
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Walking Through The Valley of the Shadow
Fear will blind you from the light. Faith will reveal it. “When the Lord knows that good health is necessary for our soul’s welfare, He sends it to us; and when we need sickness, He sends that too. Sickness makes us discover who we are.” St. Teresa of Avila I was on the phone with…
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A Requiem Before The Sepia Stain
“She was a drug abuser, a talent wasted… took her own life, pissed on her fortune and pissed away her beauty. I know. God, Whitney knew. She said it 10 years ago to Diane Sawyer: “I am my own worst enemy…. pray for my soul… pray for strength.” BUT… I mourn anyway. Not in…
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“Jesus is my Boyfriend”
My stepmother Kathy playing at my brother’s wedding in October. Great post at Musings of a Hardlining Moderate about schmoopy Contemporary Christian Music: I’m fond of the criticism that too many worship songs today fit the “Jesus is my boyfriend” genre. It’s no longer a matter of narcissitic, trite lyrics chalked full of superficial reflections…
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Holidazed
Jon Acuff writes at Stuff Christians Like: Recently, someone emailed me a photo of this billboard[.] My first thought was, “Do you know why Jesus misses hearing you say Merry Christmas? Because no one said it to him in the Bible.” It’s true. When Joseph held the sweet baby Jesus in his arms, he didn’t…
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To sing a requiem and such rest to her.
“For in that sleep of death what dreams may come.” Hamlet, Act III, scene 1, line 66 I pulled into the driveway, and put the car in park. It was a risk, just showing up like this to see my sister, but I missed her. I pulled out my cell and hit…
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