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Juggling Words

Posted on May 29, 2020 by RC

I know how to juggle. I’m no professional. Not even a gifted amateur. Just competent. I’m a better juggling teacher than I am a juggler. Because I learned this and learned it well- juggling is the art of throwing something … Continue reading →

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The Magic of Music

Posted on May 27, 2020 by RC

CS Lewis, in his trenchant essay, Myth Made Fact makes much of the fact that our hearts and minds tend to be binary. That is, the more clearly we are thinking the less powerfully we are feeling, while the more … Continue reading →

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Don’t Look Back

Posted on May 23, 2020 by RC

As a grade school child my conception of cool included too tight silk shirts, and blue jeans with more flair than Liberace. I even had my very own polyester jumpsuit. I looked like a cross between Howdy Doody and Elvis, … Continue reading →

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Peace in the Valley

Posted on May 22, 2020 by RC

There is not just a valley but a deep chasm that separates what we know and what we feel. David, a soul so profoundly attuned to God’s own Spirit that God called him a man after His own heart, who … Continue reading →

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Google All the Way- Using Technology for Good

Posted on May 20, 2020 by RC

Al Gore says he invented it. Microsoft Explorer discovered it. AOL mailed it in. But Google gave the internet legs. It serves as the road map that makes the information superhighway navigable. Google helps you find stuff, which means, sadly, … Continue reading →

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A Fool Load, or, The Work Before Us

Posted on May 16, 2020 by RC

Tell you a little story and it won’t take long About a lazy farmer who wouldn’t hoe his corn. The reason why I never could tell For that young man was always well. He planted his corn in the month … Continue reading →

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Our Prideful Humility, or Inheriting the Wind

Posted on May 15, 2020 by RC

Tim Keller’s excellent The Prodigal God not only potently draws our attention to the oft-missed second half, the story of the elder brother, but it potently answers a question I have long struggled with. What are the implications of the … Continue reading →

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Enthroned in the Praises of Israel

Posted on May 13, 2020 by RC

If you’re like me, though you are loathe to admit it, you find Hebrew poetry less than satisfying. While sophisticates know better, most us like a poem to rhyme. Hebrew poetry does not when translated, nor even in the original, … Continue reading →

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Preying for the Lost

Posted on May 9, 2020 by RC

It was the coldest day of the winter, as I trudged through the parking lot of the local Wal-Mart. Out of the corner of my eye I saw the young man, nicely dressed, approach the young lady as she was … Continue reading →

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Selling Our Souls

Posted on May 7, 2020 by RC

It is, according to CS Lewis, one of the most potent pulls into sin, the desire to belong. Were Maslow a bit more honest in ranking our “needs” I suspect the approval of others would make the top five of … Continue reading →

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