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Don’t Despair. But Do, Do Think
It’s okay to feel irritated. These aren’t so much “unprecedented times” as they are alarming ones. You know, for freedom; human dignity; the right to choose what we do and do not inject into our bodies; the ability to move … Continue reading
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Tagged art, calmness, current events, fear, freedom, peace, strong, thinking, wisdom
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How Do We Know What’s True?
Truth is not something we are told; it is something we seek. And in seeking it, we ask questions, express doubts, ask for proof. When we are discouraged from doing that, we need to ask why. Continue reading
Posted in america, Culture, Current Events, Daily Life, Encouragement, inspirational, Life, Lifestyle, media, News, self-improvement, Social Media, thinking, Uncategorized
Tagged children, doubt, lies, look, questions, Social Media, truth
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Fear Blocks Our Ability to Think
Fear and facts do not necessarily go together. Before we fall into the first, we want to make sure that we’ve taken time — in a silent, peaceful setting away from noise and chatter — to think about, question, and analyze the latter. Continue reading
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Tagged calm, fear, news, peace, think
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Fear Mongering
“For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline.” (2 Timothy 1:7) The Facebook term “news feed,” which describes the constant update of links, posts, videos, and chatter from … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian, Facebook, fear, fear mongering, God, information, truth
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Fomenting Hate Divides Us — and Divided, We Are Weak
“From now on, five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.” (Luke 12:52) I was chatting with a Millennial the other day. Millennials, if you haven’t noticed, are popular in corporatized America. This group of people … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, Christian, Daily Life, Faith, Family, mass media, News, Uncategorized
Tagged america, Christianity, generation gap, God, hate, Millennial, movies, news, TV
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The Lies We’re Told
Deception is fascinating. At base, deception is simply lying, which doesn’t sound so mysterious and awesome, but truly good deception is done in such a way that the people accepting the lies, think that they are believing the truth. Deception … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, deception, God, lies
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Why It Feels So Good to Be Wrong
Anybody remember 2012? I know, it seems so three years ago, but at one time 2012 was all the rage because the world was supposed to end sometime that year — whether it was the sun blowing up or the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, blogging, Christian, Current Events, Daily Life, devotional, Encouragement, Faith, Family, fine art, home, inspirational, Life, Lifestyle, News, painting, religion
Tagged 2012, Christianity, goats, God, wrong
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God Is Never on the Evening News
Some unknown, unnamed, presumably non-existent person, long ago, said that we should never talk about sex, religion, and politics. Aside from this eliminating pretty much everything interesting worth discussing — including the weather since, with the growing mantra of “Global … Continue reading
I Really Did Learn Something in Algebra Class
Like many others who struggled through algebra and its highbrow cousins in school and wondered how they would ever be useful in my life, I have successfully lived that life without advanced mathematics. Not that it was totally useless — aside from being a mind-stretching exercise … Continue reading
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Tagged algebra, art, Christianity, commonsense, information, Steve Henderson
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Fox, Facebook, Fear and Freedom — Go For Door Number 4
Christians are some of the most fearful people I know. Well, let me rephrase that: people who call themselves Christians, judge their spirituality by church attendance, and rely upon Facebook postings and Fox News for keeping up on what’s happening … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian, Facebook, fear, Fox, news
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