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(a)lone
Into the Wild (recent film, now on DVD) recounts the true story of a young man –Christopher– who headed by himself into the Alaskan wilderness to explore his philosophy that man needs only nature’s honesty to live a fulfilled, enlightened life. To him, truth is more important than love, than society, than anything (parroting Thoreau). Many experiences swirled…
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Quotable Luther
Joey found this quote from Martin Luther, the controversial spark of the Reformation. “We must not…reject [or] condemn anything because it is abused. This would result in utter confusion. God has commanded us in Deut. 4 not to lift up our eyes to the sun (and the moon and the stars), etc., that we may…
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BJU and the Politics of Apology
there’s an interesting discussion brewing on Facebook among the more-disgruntled BJU alumni about whether the University should offer a formal apology for its interracial dating policy that held sway until 2000. For those of you who don’t know the issue, in brief: [to defend myself from the outset, let me state up front that EVERYTHING…
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“Sweet, Sugary Goodness!”
I used to be bitter about apparently losing my original chocolate chess pie recipe, but I think the one I’m using now might be a little better. Happiness in a pie shell for sure, and takes like 10 minutes to put together. This is my “no fail” recipe when I suddenly need a dessert. Give…
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The Curse as Grace
I’ve always thought of the Curse as … a curse. (duh) Nothing is easy … everything worth doing takes so much agonizing work. We were driving into Greenville the other night discussing life and its difficulties, and Coart commented that the Curse is actually Grace. It holds us accountable for our sinfulness. It limits the…
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