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Patterns
Recently I watched a TV show focused on the difficulty of understanding the Trump presi- dency. One commentator offered a suggestion as to why many of us are so puzzled (and aggravated) by the president’s words and actions. He said that the … Continue reading
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Tagged continual spiritual formation, Donald Trump, patterns
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From My Reading
“You have now heard the gospel that you are accepted by God where you are, that he put you there. You’re in your world to be the light of the world and the salt of the earth—and it is God … Continue reading
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Every Family’s Story: A Lost Son
“Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. After he had spent everything there was a severe famine in that whole country. and … Continue reading
Posted in Going Deeper with God
Tagged redeeming suffering, the love of God, the prodigal son
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Memorial Day – My Father’s Story
Memorial Day is a time to honor the lives and remember the deaths of soldiers who served in World War II. The town of Raritan, New Jersey, where I was born, knows how to do that! Banners of their hometown heroes … Continue reading
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Tagged Alamo in the Ardennes, Battle of the Bulge, Captain Rowland Koskamp, John McManus, Memorial Day, NJ, Raritan
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Every Family’s Story – Setting the Stage
“Now the tax collectors and ‘sinners’ were all gathering around to hear him. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, ‘This man welcomes sinners and eats with them. Then Jesus told this parable . . . . … Continue reading
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Tagged "The Prodigal God, prodigal son, the parable of every family, Tim Keller
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What if We were Put to the Test?
Recently, I watched Silence, Martin Scorsese’s latest movie about two Jesuit priests who travel to 17th century Japan looking for a missing fellow priest. They are befriended by a covert group of Japanese Christians who suffer extreme persecution by the Japanese government which … Continue reading
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Tagged Open Doors USA, persecution of Christians
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From My Reading
“For Christians, questions of truth and falsehood are spiritual matters. The ninth commandment states, ‘Thou shalt not bear false witness thy neighbor.’ This forbids speaking falsely, lying, equivocating, or designing to deceive our neighbor. It also prohibits speaking unjustly against … Continue reading
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Tagged Sojourner, Weavings. Richard Rohr, Wesley Michaelson-Granberg
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Digging for Truth
This blog now contains over 630 posts. Here, slightly revised, is a post that was first published on June 10, 2015 – and is even more important today. “Is the Pope a communist?” This opening line of a Heart and Soul … Continue reading
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Tagged fact checking, looking for the truth, Mark K. Shriver, Pope Francis
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