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Paying Dues

The only reason to celebrate those who’ve touched your life is because that touch made things work a lot better. Whatever else goes on in my life, I always know what I have to do. There may be some moments … Continue reading

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Voice of Sorrow Crying in the Wilderness

I am unworthy to shine a real prophet’s shoes. Yet I cannot dismiss the notion I have been called to some sort of prophetic ministry. It won’t leave me alone. Crazy as I may seem at times, it would be … Continue reading

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The Samson Moment

There’s a little of Samson in all of us. Samson took hold of the two middle pillars that supported the temple and he leaned against them, with his right hand on one and his left hand on the other. Samson … Continue reading

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Unmistakable Wife

My longest military assignment saw me sit for six years or so in the Netherlands. I was based at a support facility for the Americans assigned to AFCENT (Allied Forces Central Europe) HQ, a branch of SHAPE (Supreme HQ, Allied … Continue reading

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Light Switch, Epilogue

That winter, several national governments collapsed, or were so changed they were hardly the same government. Americans were not ready, and things were chaotic. Thomas heard bits and pieces, and realized he could never go back. European governments were generally … Continue reading

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Light Switch, Part 3

The pain in his back and shoulders was exquisite. Having been awake again for just a few minutes, Thomas remembered the dour Finns didn’t snicker much about anything. One of those dour faces approached him with two cups of coffee … Continue reading

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Sins of the Fathers

You have a limited choice about your native character. People familiar with the Old Testament have likely run across something which seems ambiguous to our modern eyes. In one place it says flat out the children will pay for the … Continue reading

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The Boundaries of Sanity

There are some folks we cannot help. It is particularly hard for evangelical Christians to grasp this: There are times and places where you shake the dust off your sandals and move on down the road. There are people in … Continue reading

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Let’s Pretend for a Moment I’m an Activist

What is the greatest political threat I see? Our devotion to modern Israel is the single greatest threat to this nation. If I were to take up any political cause, it would be to convince the government to stop pretending … Continue reading

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Resolved: No Resolutions

This is my annual rejection of mainstream rituals regarding the Western observation of New Years’ Day. Over the centuries of human awareness, every culture and civilization has had their own reckoning of when the cycle ends and starts over. There … Continue reading

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