Category Archives: personal

Shouting Silence

The biggest problem in acquainting Westerners with truth is their lack of a sense of paradox. Yeah, they can learn it, but to make it instinctive is what is so difficult. Without that predisposition to expect paradox, truth remains elusive. … Continue reading

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I’m Tech Support

This is an exercise in mirror reading. There is no social group for me. I’m an alien in virtually every human context, in part because I am “not of this world” (Romans 12:2) — Even among my fellow Christians, I … Continue reading

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Oklahoma County Jury Duty

The county website is pretty sparse on information. Recounting my experience will provide a snapshot for early 2014. The County Courthouse is right downtown OKC, and the maps are good enough to get you there. I was coming in from … Continue reading

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Sickness Post-mortem

I’m still feeling crappy. Intermittent fever and sinus allergies have ruled the last couple of days for me. This morning I thought it was all gone after such a hard sleep, but it came back. So I took a good … Continue reading

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Adventures Unknown

Got a summons for jury duty from the county. For years I was exempt because of the length of my military service, but I guess they were having trouble getting warm bodies to show up. So they changed the laws … Continue reading

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Signs of Life

Life sucks on this plane of existence. It’s not as if you can’t find glimmers of grace and mercy, but this world is damaged goods and will not be redeemed. English translations of Scripture routinely confuse things by the ambiguity … Continue reading

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One Shepherd’s Style

You can’t pretend you are someone else for very long. Keeping secrets is dangerous, but keeping them from yourself is the most dangerous of all. I don’t want to know yours, but if my mission exposes me to secrets, I … Continue reading

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The Wrapped Gift

It’s not a Christmas present. It won’t be opened tomorrow. I figure it’s some time after the New Year. Going out on a limb here: I have sensed for several years a calling to something hidden in the mists beyond … Continue reading

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Email Providers

I’m not a cheapskate; I’m a charity case. GMX.net in Germany: One of my longest standing free email providers has become disappointing. It’s that same silly nonsense about demanding my cellphone number so they can text me stuff in case … Continue reading

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Practice of Purity

You cannot touch eternity if you belong to this world. While we are here, our whole purpose is manifesting eternity in how we pass through this brief time. It requires a sense of detachment, of being disentangled from even yourself. … Continue reading

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