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The Secret History of the World
I have always been fascinated by the mythical and magical. There is something in the “down-to-earth” “one-with-nature” supernatural that has always intrigued me and inspired me. I used to think that if I wasn’t Mormon, I probably would have been a Christ-believing Wiccan … Continue reading
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Christian Author Press Release – Award winning Christian author, Dale Allan, releases A Prayer for the Devil
For Immediate Release Author, Dale Allan Award winning Christian author, Dale Allan, releases A Prayer for the Devil, a provocative fast-paced murder mystery wrapped in a thoughtful meditation on the intersection of faith and justice. From beginning to end, this political thriller will keep you on t … Continue reading
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Undaunted by Christine Caine
Human sex trafficking is a hot topic in some segments of the media in our day and age. But, while many discuss this epidemic problem and how it devalues life and enslaves multitudes who are trapped in it’s snare, very few are … Continue reading
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Primetime Blurbs: Week of June 9, 2013
I watch like 20-40 shows in a given week and have a full-time job and a life, so there simply aren’t enough hours in the day to review each one in full. So I’m not just wasting my life watching TV in vain, here are recaps of other shows I … Continue reading
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Fasting is suddenly fashionable
Fasting is suddenly fashionable, and the ancient Christian tradition of not just abstaining from meat but radically cutting down on food for two days a week (Wednesdays and Fridays) has become the new norm. It’s the 5:2 diet, of course, but Oliver Burkeman … Continue reading
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Review: One Man, One Woman: A Catholics Guide to Defending Marriage
One Man, One Woman: A Catholics Guide to Defending Marriage by Dale O’Leary My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book is an excellent resource. Dale O’Leary provides a thoughtful survey of recent research on the development of same-sex attraction (SSA), how it Continue reading
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[a delayed recap] of my final adventures as a resident of Reinert 918
After I returned to SLU from Easter break I found myself struggling a little bit and just ready for the school year to come to a close. I was just unsure about everything for next year and doubting my choice in … Continue reading
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The "Emotionary" For Unspeakable Emotions
You know that feeling where you experience an emotion, but you don’t have a word to describe it, so you resort to awkward phrases such as “You know that feeling” instead? If so, you’ll be pleased to learn about The … Continue reading
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we would pray in an insatiable hunger for constant contact with Christ
It is 11:12 AM Sunday morning in the flow of this very short life. We are here only for a moment and then eternity. I want to be in Heaven when I die not Hell. Every time I here someone say “To hell with you” … Continue reading
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A Writer Owning Her Scars AND her Birthdays!
REBECCA VINCENT aka Becky Yauger to her friends, is with us today and shares from her heart what it means to look at life after a life-threatening medical diagnosis, and because of this, offers a marvelous acceptance of a birthday milestone most of us try to ignore… Continue reading
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Writing as an acute gift
“This is a gift I have, simple, simple; a foolish extravagant spirit, full of forms, figures, shapes, objects, ideas, apprehensions, motions, revolutions…But the gift is good in those in whom it is acute, and I am thankful for it.” ~William Shakespeare on writing Seeking to… Continue reading
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No Gay Friends
Having reverted rather dramatically to the Catholic faith about ten years ago, I have an interest in conversion narratives (an interest which extends to my professional life, since the book I’m currently writing for a British publisher, one of the reasons for my currently Continue reading
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A Lady of England: The Jewels of Charlotte Maria Tucker
Her real name was Charlotte Maria Tucker, but her books were published semi-anonymously under the pseudonym A.L.O.E. – A Lady Of England. Born in England, her father was twice chairman of the British East India Company, and her family was well … Continue reading
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Echoes of Every Footfall
Dear Friends, I feel I am walking toward a door in a dark and empty room and I can hear the echoes of every footfall. For fifteen years I have served various congregations in the fellowship of the Churches of Christ as minister. Presently I pastor the… Continue reading
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Affirmation
On a morning that I was feeling hurt over someone else’s condemnation of me I got a note, a very God glorifying note that made my day. I’ve been reading a book called Practicing Affirmation by Sam Crabtree and have been struck by the message. It’s about affirming in… Continue reading
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