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Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness

Evil, Forgiveness, and Peace

None of us knows and that makes it a mystery If life is a comedy, then why all the tragedy Three-and-a-half pounds of brain try to figure out What this world is all about And is there an eternity, is there an eternity?  – Chris Rice, “Big Enough,” Past the Edges, 1998. Recently I quoted…

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A Shift in the Wind

“I hear a sound and turn to see a new direction on that rusty weathervane.” – Chris Rice, “Wind and Spirit,” Past the Edges, 1998. A chill runs down our collective spine. The wind has shifted, and the world is not the same as it was before. That change from the naivety of summer to…

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Numbers Are Out to Get You

A few years ago, a U2 song suddenly appeared in everyone’s iTunes collection. Some thought of it as a clever marketing ploy, others treated it like it was an invasion into their music collection sovereign territory. Whatever your thoughts on that media incident, if I could similarly place one song in every pastor’s play list…

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Opening Minds

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Sherlock Holmes and the Currency of Life

Sherlock[1], 2017, is a well-crafted take on a contemporary version of the Sherlock Holmes myth. The writing is superb, as we will see from the examples below, and the Sherlock Holmes that is depicted in this series is the epitome of self-absorption who is genuinely unaware of the emotional needs of anyone around him. His…

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