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A Tangled History
Yesterday I wrote about the way politics and faith seem to live on polar opposite ends of the known universe. (a post which you can read in its entirety here.) As we check the historical record, however, it seems they have… Continue reading
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Two Years On…
Today is the day when – two years ago – our world turned upside down. After experiencing a long bout of various gastrointestinal distresses, Joan went made an appointment with her doctor. She went in on a Wednesday to get… Continue reading
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Time for a jolt?
As a child of the 60s, I’d like to think I know a thing or two about protests. Granted, most of my participation in the anti-war or civil rights protests of that era consisted of watching them on TV from… Continue reading
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Clearing the Underbrush
It hit me as soon as I walked out the door. Patrick the dog and I were headed out for our long Saturday morning walk. But after five steps and two breaths, it became abundantly clear that our walk on… Continue reading
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The Heartbreak of RPD
In a wholehearted endorsement of the axiom advising us that confession is good for the soul, I offer this mea culpa today: Sometimes I suffer from RPD… Resistant Personality Disorder. What this means is that I will sometimes resist something… Continue reading
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Lockdown Freedom
Yesterday kind of sucked. It was day 4,845,154 of the Great Lockdown of 2020 (not that anyone is counting, of course). It was another day of wearing our masks in public, another day of super-fastidious hand washing, another day of… Continue reading
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Questioning Church
For most of my life, there has been very little question about church. To be sure, different chapters have witnessed different relationships to church. There was the “blind obedience” stage, the “I’m just here to meet cute girls” stage, the… Continue reading
Russellings of the Spirit 