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All That I Can't Leave Behind: My sisters
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All That I Can't Leave Behind. September 10, 2014. I never had any sisters and I'm sure I'm the poorer for it. But I have always had a strong connection to, admiration of, and affection for women. I've had tremendous women as mentors and role models throughout my life. I've probably had more female friends than male in my adult life. And for a debilitatingly straight guy my age, that's unusual. That I knew I must write something and just trust others would understand that I can't choose everyone. Besides...
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All That I Can't Leave Behind: My Facebook face
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All That I Can't Leave Behind. August 31, 2014. I hope I don't give people the wrong impression of me online. I don't think I'm Captain Spiritual. I'm not the wise old man. I don't know all the answers. I don't have any more of a connection to God than the next believer. I love God because He first loved me. And He doesn't love me because I'm a good guy but in spite of me not being one. My life is not all pithy sayings. I write down and post profound ideas when they occur to me because - frankly - I ...
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All That I Can't Leave Behind: Find new heroes
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All That I Can't Leave Behind. May 10, 2014. Robert F. Kennedy once said, “What is objectionable, what is dangerous about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents.". If your political heroes spend more time vilifying their opponents than they do explaining the virtues and examining the costs and benefits of their own philosophy, you should probably look for a different set of heroes.
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All That I Can't Leave Behind: Hope
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All That I Can't Leave Behind. March 19, 2014. When was the last time you prayed for hope? Hope gets maligned in much of our culture as simply a refuge for the passive. That's usually a sentiment held by people who have never had their lives broken to the point where they had nothing left to them but hope. Remember: Hope is one of the top three gifts of the Spirit, right up there with faith and love. 8232;It's not a punchline. It's a gift made possible through the cross. Wednesday, March 19, 2014. See yo...
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listening out loud: May 2012
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8220;Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand.” Karl A. Menninger. Wednesday, May 9, 2012. Yes, you heard me. I quit. I'm totally done with this blog. But before you get too bent out of shape, I'm starting another blog here. And I've already written my first entry. Hop on over and see what it's about! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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listening out loud: i quit
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8220;Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand.” Karl A. Menninger. Wednesday, May 9, 2012. Yes, you heard me. I quit. I'm totally done with this blog. But before you get too bent out of shape, I'm starting another blog here. And I've already written my first entry. Hop on over and see what it's about! May 9, 2012 at 3:40 PM. Goodbye listening out loud :(. Silly ...
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All That I Can't Leave Behind: The Fruit of Civil Discourse
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All That I Can't Leave Behind. June 29, 2015. The Fruit of Civil Discourse. This post was written during the days immediately following Obergefell v. Hodges. The Supreme Court decision declaring same-sex marriage constitutional. Many of my Facebook friends are openly asking, "How should I respond to current events? I have friends on the far edges of both sides of the political and theological divide. I am often maddeningly centrist as far as they are concerned. C'est la vie. First I must respond with LOVE.
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All That I Can't Leave Behind: Influences: Star Trek
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All That I Can't Leave Behind. September 08, 2014. Today is the 48th anniversary of the first broadcast of Star Trek. In 1966. It seems a fitting day to celebrate the influence the show has had on my life. Yes, you read it right. My life. I was only one when the show originally began airing on NBC. But I did catch it when it entered syndication and was a kid during the massive explosion of popularity that Trek. The scene that first hooked me on Star Trek. I was stunned. Kirk didn't kill the Gorn? But her...
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All That I Can't Leave Behind: Alcohol
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All That I Can't Leave Behind. April 22, 2014. This is part explanation, part rant. I am one of those 'weird' people that doesn't drink alcohol. Not because I'm morally superior to anyone. I have a dozen dissipations and excesses that I indulge in that you probably don't, so I'm no better than you. And the trendy coffeehouse Christians of the past decade or so who have taken up the bottle as a sign of how hip and cool they are ("See? Just make me ill. But they are another issue for another time. Alcohol ...
