Tag: Life Style
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…by his faith…
I imagined that decades of Holocaust documentaries, dramas, books and my own visits to Dachau and Yad Vashem had me innoculated against strong emotional reactions to presentations about the Shoah. I was wrong. Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein present a jarring look at the Holocaust in a global and in particular American context. […]
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Office Hours?
The death of the Queen? Everybody’s covered that. 9/11? I’m working on some thoughts so maybe next time. Sooooo… Working at a Catholic hospital, there are some overtly Christian opportunities. Writing devotional pieces for employee email lists is one. This past weekend, one of mine showed up, so I share it with you here. Hope […]
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So Alive
I’m so alive in this self imposed tomb. God asks me to die a little so that I can live a lot more.
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Have A Look
Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Matthew 6:26 “Look,” says the Lord. OK, this morning I got around to one of those acts of obedience that score points to bank […]
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Shhhhh…
Then Jesus said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” And Peteranswered, “The Christ of God.” And he strictly charged and commanded them to tell this to no one… (Luke 9:20-21) Does his hush-hush to his original apostles extend to his followers today? Should we be mum about the Messiah? No and […]
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Peak Experiences
Decades ago I read the memoir of Sir Edmund Hillary. He described an interlude in his adventuring during which he went home to New Zealand. What chased him back to adventure was waking up one morning “hungover” – not just from alcohol but from rich food and assorted “good things of life.” A friend and […]