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Of Images and Angels 5

“Could I persuade you to come back up to my classroom? It’s vacant now and I’d feel much more comfortable discussing things there than I would here.” Preston smiled while his muscles whimpered. Once inside the classroom, still relatively dark, … Continue reading

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Of Images and Angels 3

Her name was Anja. Preston reflected a moment. “That’s rather like Angie in America.” “Yes,” she agreed. “You can call me Angie; I like that.” Angie it was. By the time they arrived back in Gouda, he realized she had … Continue reading

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Organic Life of a Church

Churches aren’t built; they grow. organic — having properties characteristic of living organisms; constitutional in the structure of something, the nature of the thing One of the most evil trends in modern church life has been convincing churches that they … Continue reading

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Got Vision?

The same old vision, fresh every day, can still keep me awake at night. I can’t compare it to anything we experience as humans. It burns, it gnaws away at me and I am gladly consumed by it. Nor do … Continue reading

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Tactical Individuality

You must stand alone but you are never alone. Having a foot in both realms offers some incredibly difficult opportunities for explaining how to live. Jesus used parables for this very reason; unfortunately our culture is utterly without talent in … Continue reading

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Ready to Harvest

This is a pastoral message. Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore, ask the Lord of the Harvest to send out workers into His harvest.” (Matthew 9:37-38) For some years now, … Continue reading

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Which God?

Sheeple are easily confused by incoming data. Whether you count yourself one of them isn’t the point, though. To some degree, we are all vulnerable to manipulation. It is my pastoral duty to remind my readers of things which are … Continue reading

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Ego = Sorrow

If I thought it would help, I’d punch their lights out. It wouldn’t help. When their heads are stuck inside an ego spiral, spinning in solipsism, even a solid whack can’t knock them out of that loop. No one can … Continue reading

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In Conformance with God's Laws

In the previous post, I hammered out the concept of social stability as clannish extended family household living. As always, physical DNA is far less important than spiritual DNA; the ritual symbolizes something above the human plane. The Laws of … Continue reading

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Whence the Tithe?

It’s not hard to figure this out. In primordial times, humans knew instinctively there was at least one higher being with some measure of control over how well they survived. Western Civilization attempts to smother that instinct, but it’s standard … Continue reading

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