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On Violence, Motivation, and Personal Responsibility When The World Seems To Be Burning Down Before Us

I’m the kind of person who always wants to know why. Why do people do the things they do, say the things they say, make the choices they make? Why do some things work and some things fail? I like to know the why because I think the best way to make meaningful, lasting changes […]

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Community
Faith and Religion
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Health and Wellness
Mental health
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You Will Have To Choose

It’s easy to be scared. Fear is a basic instinct. Fear is also the tool of the enemy. Fear, once inside, will gnaw away at love, hope, kindness, gentleness, self-control. Fear will lie to you and tell you there is no goodness, or not enough goodness to make up for the evil. Fear will trick […]

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Community
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Politics

What If There Is No Scapegoat?

Not a day goes by where someone doesn’t speculate on “what’s wrong with America”. Not a day goes by where someone doesn’t post a video of someone doing something awful to someone else. Sometimes it’s a child or teenager. Sometimes it’s a parent. Sometimes it’s a law enforcement officer. Sometimes it’s a pastor. Sometimes it’s […]

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Home and Family
Relationships

Life As A Parent: Nobody’s Perfect

I look now at my parents from a parent’s perspective. I see more clearly the adult issues that they lived through while parenting me. I have a better idea of how hard it is to maintain stability in the midst of change or heartache or grief or crises of faith. I see now how far […]

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Culture
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Becoming Real

Have you heard the story of the Velveteen Rabbit? It’s about a beautiful child’s toy who becomes “real” once he is loved and played with so much that his outsides are shabby and worn. Being loved well meant being part of a messy life with the little boy who loved him, and that took it’s […]

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