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November 16, 2011

Jesus, Friend of Sinners Like Me

For the past few days I’ve been listening to Casting Crowns’ new CD “Come to the Well.” My favorite song is City on a Hill, which I’ve written a post about before. But another song, which I remember them singing at the concert I went...

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November 15, 2011

The Trinity – A Poem for My Tuesday Three

For My Tuesday Three today I decided I wanted to write a poem about, as Don McLean calls them in American Pie, “the three men I admire most: the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost.” I think of the Trinity whenever I write a Tuesday...

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November 14, 2011

More Hope for the Hopeless

Last week I devoted my Music Monday post to a playlist of “music that is particularly helpful to people who are in less than hopeful situations.” I ran out of time to create a complete list of my favorite encouraging songs, so today I’m posting...

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November 13, 2011

Psalm 55 – O God, Listen to My Prayer

Yesterday I was thinking about what Psalm to post for today. I went to Biblegateway.com to read a few before deciding. It was already open in a tab of my browser because I had used it to copy and paste the Isaiah 55 passage that...

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November 12, 2011

A Billion Prayers

All through grade school my son had various teachers who thought he had ADD or something else because he just didn’t pay attention. Then there were other teachers who saw the side of him that is very intelligent and creative. Finally, when he was in...

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November 11, 2011

That Evil May Not Triumph

I know today is Friday and so I am supposed to be posting a recipe, but it’s also Veterans’ Day in the U.S. so I decided to post something in honor of our veterans and active service members instead. The quote “All that is necessary...

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November 10, 2011

Freedom in Christ – A Poem

Two months ago I wrote my first pantoum poem. I learned about how to write this form of poem at the dVerse Poets Pub. The other morning I was thinking about what to write for my Thankful Thursday poem for this week and this wonderful...

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November 9, 2011

The Law Is Powerless

It’s been twenty years since I graduated from law school, and although my current job does require a law degree I don’t practice law any more. I sometimes wonder what my life would be like if I had chosen a different path and not gone...

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November 8, 2011

Fewer versus Less – Thoughts of a Grammar Geek

I know today is Tuesday, and normally I would have posted My Tuesday Three, but I had a thought yesterday that I wanted to share. I love words, love to write, and love to read. I also love words in music. I can tend to...

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