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My brief stint as a potential domestic terrorist

Note:  I originally wrote this piece March 29, 2009 around the time the State of Missouri, via its Department of Public Safety, issued a memo called “MIAC Strategic Report: The Modern Militia Movement,” a document which could have classified half the … Continue reading

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Gratitude a day late

So I decided to spend a few moments each Monday being thankful for five things, and I completely forgot to do it yesterday.  So here is this week’s list, a day late: 1.  InterLibrary Loan, which allows me to read … Continue reading

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Why I love Advent

We just started my favorite season of the year.  No, it’s not Christmas–that doesn’t start until December 24.  It’s that month of quiet preparation and heartfelt longing and anticipation for Jesus’ coming to earth.  That season is called Advent. Like … Continue reading

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Of noble sentiment

A wife of noble sentiment who can find?  She is worth far more than rubies. Proverbs 31:10 I deliberately copied one word wrong in the above Scripture passage.  Can you guess which one? It struck me this morning that there … Continue reading

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Monday is Gratitude Day

Today one of my friends on Facebook shared this article about gratitude.  I highly recommend you take the time to read it as it is filled with easy and practical ways to help us cultivate gratitude in our lives.  The … Continue reading

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So our Church is the greatest. Now what?

The Roman Catholic Church unapologetically makes the claim to be the One True Church that Jesus Christ founded with all the other Christian churches in some way being incomplete or in error. Before I go any further I want to … Continue reading

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Losing the upper hand

I am a Christian and I live in the United States, which rightly or wrongly has long been perceived by many as a Christian nation. The Constitution, especially the Bill of Rights, is based largely on natural law principles which … Continue reading

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The struggle

My soul is desperate to commune with my God, to take in His word, to tell Him my heart’s desires, to seek His face, to experience His work in my life, to seek His mercy for the lost. My body … Continue reading

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Goodbye Gaddafi

One thing I’m confident this blog will not be is a political blog.  I just don’t have the time or energy to keep up with things like I used to.  But I wanted to acknowledge the death of a world … Continue reading

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Survivalism and me

When I was in sixth grade I had this teacher who showed us a lot of these 1950s movies about building your own nuclear fallout shelter and stocking it with everything you would need to survive a nuclear attack.  Back … Continue reading

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