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Take Care of Your ‘Neighbs With Some Simple Compassion
Today, one of our local news reporters delivered his thoughts on this record-breaking weather while stationed up to his thighs in snow on a fake deck. Nice touch, I thought. One leg was in a “normal” section of the snow … Continue reading
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More Exciting Than A Blizzard? A FREE BOOK!
It seems that nothing has the power to transform meteorologists into giddy children like a rollicking storm. Weathermen and women posted outdoors in the bluster seem thrilled to be at the center of such epic developments, their stern admonitions to skedaddle … Continue reading
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Book Giveaway Week!
This past week while huffing through a morning deathmatch with our eliptical machine, my gaze fell on the nearby spines of several books have been given to me over the years to review. Having gotten them with the intention of … Continue reading
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This Little Prayer of Mine, by Anthony DeStefano
“Impress [these commands] on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.” Deut. 6:7 This verse has a way of lacing up … Continue reading
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Tagged "This Little Prayer of Mine", Anthony DeStefano, Bernice King, Book review, Deuteronomy, Disney, Mark Elliot, Martin Luther King Jr., National Day Of Prayer, spiritual formation, Toy Story, WaterBrook Press
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The Year of Living Like Jesus, by Ed Dobson
Preface: These last several nights I’ve had a hard time sleeping. I lie in bed thinking and invariably I find myself staring into the darkness, praying the prayer that Ed prayed countless times in his book: “Lord Jesus Christ, son … Continue reading
Admissions of a Suburban Philosopher 