Category: Faith
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What Are Some of Your Biggest Pet Peeves in Life?
Call them what you will: pet peeves, sources of irritation, challenges to my tolerant spirit, or simply things that “get my goat.” Whatever you call them, I confess to having a few. What are the pet peeves that rancor my soul? In no particular order, here are the annoyances that peeve yours truly: My list…
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The Front Row of a Funeral
Unless you have sat in the front row of a funeral, you do not know how painful grief can be. You are not alone in the front-row seat. An unwelcome visitor named Grief now clings to you like the humidity of a Georgia August. You discover a newfound sense of emptiness as wave after wave…
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The Significance of Gift Wrapping
My wife and I take two different approaches when wrapping gifts at Christmas time. She is a connoisseur of decorative packaging, a guru of gift presentation, a wizard of wrapping, a master of ribbons and bows—well, you get the idea. She takes delight in a gift well-wrapped. In her mind, taking the time to find…
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The Transcendent Beauty of Stained Glass
Stained glass windows in churches have long been a source of fascination and inspiration for me. I know I can worship God anywhere, anytime, and I do not need beads, crosses, or colored windows to do so. Yet, I have experienced moments with a grand sense of peace, serenity, and God’s presence, all from sitting…
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Badges of Honor
Men, listen up. Marriage and fatherhood are life-changing experiences — for yourself, but more importantly, for your wife and children. I’ve written before about the qualities, virtues, and attributes of a REAL man: responsibility, sacrificial love, respectfulness, kindness, self-control, humility, and tenderness, to name a few. Authentic manhood, in other words, is defined by one’s…
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The One in Front of Me
Whether Christian or not, most people agree that Jesus is the most fascinating person to have ever lived. The world can debate his divinity, but few can argue about his unique place in history — or his method of reaching people. Here was an itinerant preacher in a remote area of the Roman Empire who…
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May the Fourth Be With You
Growing up, the 4th of July was always a fun time. We celebrated our National Day of Independence with fireworks, parades, barbecues, and family picnics. As American humorist Erma Bombeck once said, “You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4th, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who…
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The Hypocrisy of the Left
In recent days, the media world has been ablaze with reactions to a commencement speech given at Benedictine College in Kansas by NFL Placekicker Harrison Butker. There is even a petition circulating calling for the Kansas City Chiefs to fire him for his antiquated and misogynistic remarks. You’d have thought he staged a campus riot,…
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