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The Search For Truth Is The Pursuit of Happiness
The Search For Truth Is The Pursuit of Happiness In a 1997 movie entitled 'Liar-Liar,' the protagonist was played by Jim Carrey. Jim played the role of a lawyer who built his entire career on lying but finds himself cursed to speak only the truth for a single day. I...
Writing about God
Writing about God The Disciples, Moses, Joshua, Samuel, Nathan, David, Gad, Solomon, Isaiah, the Prophets, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, all the others of the Bible, and the...
Living Abundantly
Living Abundantly What is a Life Abundant? The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life and that they may have it more abundantly. ~ John 10:10 We hold these truths to be sacred & undeniable, that all...
Divided Kingdom Part 2 Entering into the Fray
Divided Kingdom Part Two Entering into the Fray A small trailer sits on a few acres of land. Bison from the mountain Manitoba herd and the Theodore Roosevelt Bad Lands herd graze quietly in the pasture. The rooster crows, birds sing, and dogs bark outside. After the...
Divided Kingdom
A Blind Man's Prelude To the Divided Kingdom "What's with you lately?" I have heard that plenty lately. The seeing straw broke my back and forced me to enter the Great War that has been raging since I was a boy—the War I chose to ignore or just stayed blind to the...
THE VICTORY GARDEN
Living off the Land A Subsistence Way of Life The stairs were steep, and the ceiling was low. I crouched low to enter; the cellar smelled of wet dirt and sulfur from the soft coal. The small windows provided little light, not cleaned in fifty years, and thick cobweb...
IT’S A MAD WORLD
IT'S A MAD WORLD The lyrics BY Tears for Fears sparked this essay I noticed a sense of constant inadequacy and dread in me. Everything I am trying falls short. People fighting, divided, nations threatening, wars creeping ahead, and deceitful black intentions fill...
Why I believe in GOD
My Testimony—Why I believe in God The words of 1 Peter 3:15–16 express my core values and goal: "Always be prepared to answer everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience." My...
Written Before Time Began
Written Before Time Began We are walking documentaries. God wrote our stories before time began. As 2 Timothy 1:8-9 says, "God . . . had saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His purpose and grace which was given to...
CAST THE FIRST STONE
CAST THE FIRST STONE But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. When they kept questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” 8 Again, he stooped down and...
TAKE UP YOUR CROSS AND FOLLOW ME
Take Up Your Cross I've heard people talk about a problem and say it's a cross they must bear, but is this what Jesus meant? Jesus meant something more profound than this when He told His disciples to carry their cross. He said to them, "If anyone would come after me,...
The BIG Bang
The BIG Bang The beginning must have a beginner Winter solstices bring short days to the great north. It is Astronomical twilight at 6:39 AM. Checking my Photopills photography app, Blue hour begins at 7:58, Golden hour emerges at 8:12, and sunrise at 8:35 AM. The sun...
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