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Psalm 12

Some days it feels like your world has tumbled into the pits of Hell. Hyperbole is a common feature of the dramatic and symbolic Hebrew narrative. David begins with a common cry equivalent to our modern “God help us!” Have … Continue reading

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Frantic Spamming (Updated)

Update: A manager at Love’s called shortly after I posted this and was unhappy to hear that I had so much trouble getting this SMS spam to stop. I take his apology at face value. I told him it took … Continue reading

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Tear the Veil over the Past

Remember: It’s all narrative. It’s not a question that you cannot possibly get something approaching objective facts, but that you won’t get much of it from the voices so willing to tell their story. People are generally incapable of being … Continue reading

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Not a Spiritual Influence

As always, it’s more complex than we want to recognize. It’s easier to pin it all on this or that one thing and make it our crusade to end that thing. And I could easily take you down a false … Continue reading

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Arrows in the Quiver

Can I suggest you take a look at this? To summarize for you, it concerns a report coming down from Department of Homeland Security distributed to various law enforcement agencies across the US. DHS is attempting to create a climate … Continue reading

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The Pastoral Narrative

I haven’t seen it all. What I have experienced forms the burden of my pastoral communications. The shepherd’s call is to tell what you know, as best you know how to tell it, so that others can catch a moment … Continue reading

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Deaf Ethics

I suppose it was never more than some kind of experiment. When I posted my resume on Monster.com, I seriously doubted I’d get any useful response. Out of some 20 contacts, one was genuine, but misguided. The rest were simply … Continue reading

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Strident Media Racket and Apocalypse

This post is a bit long, so I won’t blame you for skipping it. The only questions that matter start with moral truth. I’ll keep hammering this issue over and over, that all truth is a question of morality, not … Continue reading

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Don’t Surrender

You can find them all over the Net any day of the year. Here is yet another impassioned plea. Many such articles directly call on readers to take some particular action, but this is one of those “be very afraid” … Continue reading

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Bits and Pieces 16

Tying up some loose ends that don’t justify a whole post… Current subscriptions to this blog are well past 400 now. It’s nice to think my audience might be that large, but I’d be surprised if even a quarter of … Continue reading

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