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Dancing... or drinking through life
I am not even sure that I know how to do a link anymore. I'm giving it a shot though so, three readers, please forgive me if I mess this up.
So Rod Dreher's sister is battling cancer. It is nasty. Their faith is extraordinary. Here's his latest post (I think)
There are 8 comments on it.
As I scrolle
posted 3:05:22pm Mar. 02, 2010 |
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Back...
I'm back here at JWalking after a bit of time because I just want someplace to record thoughts from time to time. I doubt that many of the thoughts will be political - there are plenty upon plenty of people offering their opinions on everything political and I doubt that I have much to add that will
posted 10:44:56pm Mar. 01, 2010 |
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Learning to tell a story
For the last ten months or so I've been engaged in a completely different world - the world of screenwriting. It began as a writing project - probably the 21st Century version of a yen to write the great American novel - a shot at a screenplay. I knew that I knew nothing about the art but was inspir
posted 8:01:41pm Feb. 28, 2010 |
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And just one more
I have, I think, just one more round of chemo left.
When I go through my pill popping regimen tomorrow morning it will be the last time for this particular round of drugs. Twenty-three rounds, it seems, is enough.
What comes next? We'll go back to what we did after the surgery. We'll watch and measu
posted 11:38:45pm Nov. 18, 2008 |
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A Newfie for Obama
NPR asked me to do a short memo to the president-elect. I chose to do it on the dog he should choose... and why. Check it out.
posted 12:25:10am Nov. 15, 2008 |
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posted August 17, 2007 at 11:32 pm
I do, but I like algebra. I might also be on the Asperger spectrum.
posted August 18, 2007 at 12:08 am
Yeah – like do you remember that night in 10th grade……..?
posted August 18, 2007 at 1:00 pm
Why didn’t you have enough faith in me to try harder to do the things you knew were right? Why didn’t you believe in me enough to know I would give the strength you needed?
posted August 19, 2007 at 12:31 pm
“Why did you talk better than you lived?”
That one is truly terrifying.
posted August 19, 2007 at 12:45 pm
Guys, guys, God forgives – we are human and can’t “do” our way to heaven. We need to relax a bit and trust that God will be in our lives however poorly we live it out. Having faith is about that awareness and trust that the presence of God will transform our very way of being – if we abandon, vengeance, anger, and the need to be powerful and correct. I sometimes think that need to be “right” is what makes us so very unChristlike. I believe Jesus gave up such things when tempted. And we embrace them again and again. The time in the desert is always so hard because we think that we can comehow get out of it on our own. We can’t. Jesus takes us out of the desert times – and doesn’t point a finger and say “I told you so.” That’s the sort of thing we do. It is in the desert that we can abandon ourselves and embrace the love of God. We become courageous after leaving the desert, but we can’t be afraid of being there. It’s part of the human journey.
posted August 19, 2007 at 3:57 pm
“Are you ready to show everyone in Heaven that videotape of your entire life like the Bible talks about?”
posted August 19, 2007 at 5:04 pm
Dakota – I must have missed that verse…
posted August 19, 2007 at 8:13 pm
I thought terrorizing was what Hell was all about. Once we get that far, I don’t think there will be terrorizing treatment. Considering speeding trains, there should be plenty of time to learn all the math in the world in heaven (some of my math loving friends actually enjoy solving those kinds of problems.)
If God asks me embarrassing questions, I’ll say, “I was a fleshly schmuck. I’m only here because of Your grace and mercy.”
posted August 19, 2007 at 10:50 pm
Almost fell out of my chair on that last one, as if the math problem wasn’t funny enough! Thanks for the smile, David.
posted August 19, 2007 at 11:44 pm
John E.- I once misheard my pastor talking about God knowing all the thoughts and deeds of every man, thinking he said everyone in Heaven would see them as well. I thought to myself how embarrassing it would be for not only God to know but all of Heaven as well! However, I can still picture myself entering the gates of Heaven and having God ask me that question as a joke, knowing what I thought I heard years before.
posted August 20, 2007 at 12:12 pm
I think being asked why I should be let into heaven is frightening enough. I shouldn’t be, but I trust that through Christ’s redemption I will be.
That said, I think it would definitely be the math. I can think up good answers to just about anything else, but I can’t b.s. my way out of math.
posted August 21, 2007 at 2:12 pm
Which came first, the chicken or the egghead?