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Unexpected Blessings
God is good. All the time. In the past 24 hours…. Someone walked up and paid for our entire Anniversary dinner at Outback Steakhouse — above & beyond what we would have spent on it, really, so that even let us splurge a bit. 🙂 Then, last night, some sweet folks lent us the use…
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Grace = In it for the long haul
Yeah, I’m using all this “long haul” language lately to imply a connection. See, a wise woman once told me “Grace always costs the giver.” You can’t actually love someone and not invest something of yourself that you’ll never get back. That’s going to affect your time, your attention, your wallet. Because Love believes/hopes/endures all…
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Quotable: A Taxonomy of Doubt
This is an incredible post about the relationship of doubt and faith. Loved every word of it. A Very Brief Taxonomy of Doubt, by Zach Terrell My favorite bit: Cynicism expresses itself as wisdom, a better-than, a way above the unholy canards of certitude, but it is an epistemic and experiential straightjacket. It’s built like…
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The Long Haul is a Long Time. (Duh.)
Yesterday, I waxed statistical on some of the issues that underlie the demand for abortion in the US: mostly poverty, unplanned pregnancy, youth, and a lack of options. The crux of the issue between pro-life and pro-choice is this: Do women have viable options when they are confronted by an unplanned pregnancy? It’s really hip…




