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A Lady in Waiting 7

Miss Community Coordinator peeped out from behind the corner of her mind. “I forgot to ask, Rod, just how old are you?” “Well, my orders say I was born in 1960. So far as I know, that’s accurate.” Not a … Continue reading

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A Lady in Waiting 1

She wore the glow proudly. Not boasting, which would be wholly unnecessary, but just the utter sense of peace and contentment that nothing else mattered. They knew. They had a thousand questions, but they all boiled down, “Why you? Why … Continue reading

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A World of Shadows

CS Lewis said our apparent reality was the Shadowlands. I respect him most for his ability to express what was on his mind, not so much for what was there. Yet, in this one thing we agree: This is a … Continue reading

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Bits and Pieces 5

The main prosecutor in the Aaron Swartz case has just lied to the public about their plans. I can write this with full confidence because I know all too well one does not become a federal prosecutor without first being … Continue reading

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Racism Nonsense

Racism is an excuse. It’s an excuse for both parties to avoid the work God has called us to do. Fundamentals, first: We were created with a fundamentally spiritual orientation. In Eden, we traded that for reason and it wasn’t … Continue reading

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Fundamentals of Morality

When you step back and take a long look at the Bible narrative, you find there are ways you can summarize or outline things from our modern perspective without doing violence to the original meaning. It’s nothing more than translating … Continue reading

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Peter's Mysticism

Peter was executed in Rome roughly 67 AD. His letter to the Jewish Christians in modern Turkey was at least a couple of years before that, so far as we can tell. Peter was in Rome working with John Mark; … Continue reading

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Jesus' Brother against Materialism

I’m running through all my studies in the Jewish Christian Letters first for content before sending them through the grammar grinders. Yesterday I finished Hebrews and today I ran through James. I recall not so long ago a gentle dispute … Continue reading

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Christmas 2012

As always, just a reminder that I don’t consider Christmas a biblical holiday. It’s a cultural holiday passed through several pagan filters, and was never a part of the church until the political establishment hijacked Christian religion. The church leadership … Continue reading

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Recovery of Rez 6

His friends called him “Rez.” It was an abbreviation for his full name: Restas Eran Ziskel. The nickname didn’t make much difference until he went off to boarding school. He could have stayed on Randell Colony, but the education lab … Continue reading

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