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Originally posted on Eric Hyde's Blog:
“I’m spiritual, not religious” I wish I had a back massage for every time I’ve heard this line. What gets me most is the presupposition it stems from, that “spiritual” is the assumed…
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Confessions From the Dark Piece of the Puzzle
The symbol for autism awareness is the jigsaw puzzle and specificaly brightly colored puzzle pieces. This is an appropriate symbol because, in the grand scheme, that is what living through autism is like, putting individual pieces together. Whether it is … Continue reading
Originally posted on Musings of an Aspie:
In honor of the annual airing of Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer this coming Tuesday. —– When I was in elementary school, I was fascinated by the Island of Misfit Toys. If you have…
Lincoln, In Living Color and Prophetic Courage
One day in a discussion with my parents I referred to an event from the 1940’s as happening during the “black and white days” because most photos, films, and newsreel footage of that time are in black and white. I … Continue reading
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Tagged 13th Amendment, Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, Civil War, Congress, courage, Daniel Day Lewis, discipleship, faith and film, fiscal cliff, Lincoln 2013, LIncoln film, political courage, prophetic, secession of Texas, secession petitions, Sermon on the Mount, slavery, Steven Spielberg
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Originally posted on InsideTimsHead:
As the election drew near, many political and stats junkies (like me) became fans of Nate Silver, aka @fivethirtyeight, the shrewd political number-cruncher and blogger for the New York Times. His way of aggregating the most…
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Bond, Baptism, and Beginning Again
After seeing the newest James Bond film, “Skyfall,” I thought about the nature of rebooting. Celebrating 50 years of Bond, the newest edition continues the reboot of the series that began two films ago with the casting of Daniel Craig … Continue reading
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Tagged "skyfall" review, baptism, Body of Christ, Bond, charles wesley, congregations, faith, faith and film, film reboots, film review, forgiveness, god, grace, James Bond, James Bond in film, Kingdom of God, new life, power of sin, sacrament of baptism, sin, Skyfall, The Church
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Originally posted on Justine Graykin:
Erica and me, Christmas, 1957 It’s been a rough couple of months. Losing the first cat wasn’t so bad (I wrote a nice article for the newspaper about that). The second cat was a lot…
Rebirth
A touching post of determination, grace, love, survival, and rebirth from a cancer fighter whose new life comes through a bone marrow transplant. I invite you to read and remember on nn/16th. Rebirth.
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Tagged bone marrow transplant, cancer, cancer recovery, hope, rebirth, surviving
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Virtual Choir, Communion and Saints
I was driving home from church today, Sunday November 4, when I heard an interview on NPR that struck me. It was one of those “in the moment” experiences, or as I said in my sermon earlier today, a moment when several … Continue reading
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Tagged All Saints Day, Eucharist, Netflix, NPR, Preaching, Sacrament of Communion, Sermon, ted talks, virtual reality
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