Minneapolis, June 2020 ———— From “After the Protests and Riots, What?”, by best-selling author Philip Yancey, posted June 12. 2020, at: http://www.philipyancey.com ———————– In Minneapolis, rioters protesting the killing of George Floyd damaged more than 570 buildings and burned 67 businesses to the ground, many of them minority-owned. In my city of Denver, […]
The Story of Two Dads, Two Boys, and One Father, by Joshua Rogers, blogging at: http://www.joshuarogers.com , posted July 4, 2020. ———————————— The other night I had a dream about my dad, who died over two years ago. I was in the fellowship hall of the church we attended when I
By Vaneetha Rendall Risner, in The Scars That Have Shaped Me, 2016 ( http://www.vaneetha.com ) ——————————- I was lonely for years. I longed to remarry, but I didn’t want to admit it to anyone. Not even to myself. I didn’t want to pin my hopes on something that might
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Three days ago, in meditation #2269 I wrote this: “Liberals, to their credit, are usually more apt (than conservatives) to let everyone have their say (although that is less common today among liberals than in the past).” I should have clarified that more. There is a huge difference between classic liberalism
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“America’s Crisis of Contempt” Arthur C. Brooks keynote address at the February 6, 2020 National Prayer Breakfast, Washington, D. C. Reprinted from the Washington Post *********************************************** (…continued) Let’s take a step back now and diagnose the problem a little bit. Some people blame our politicians, but that’s too easy. It’s us,
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Above: Arthur Brooks (1964- ) ———————– “America’s Crisis of Contempt” Arthur C. Brooks keynote address at the February 6, 2020 National Prayer Breakfast, Washington, D. C. Reprinted from the Washington Post *********************************************** Mr. President, Mr. Vice President, Mrs. Pence, Speaker Pelosi, heads of state, members of Congress and honored guests: Thank you for
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Above: Joshua Rogers and his Dad ————— By JOSHUA ROGERS, February 16, 2020, on his Finding God in the Ordinary blog, at: http://www.joshuarogers.com ———————————————— When I was three, I lost part of my dad and never fully got it back. He had a nervous breakdown when the two children from his first marriage
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Pictured above: T. S. Eliot and Emily Hale —————————– T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) was one of the great poets of the twentieth century. He was also a respected essayist, playwright, and social critic. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. He became a Christian in 1927, and became an articulate and
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By Joshua Rogers, in “Man Enough to Love a Real Woman”, posted November 16, 2010, at: http://www.joshuarogers.com —————————————- Cory, one of my happily married friends, was annoyed with some of his single, male buddies. “Joshua, it’s so irritating,” he said. “I suggest a woman to them, but they say ‘she’s not
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Pictured above: Joshua Rogers and his father *************************** By Joshua Rogers, Washington, D.C. attorney and author. This essay is adapted from his book “Confessions of a Happily Married Man: Finding God in the Messiness of Marriage.” Rogers also blogs at: http://www.joshuarogers.com My wife didn’t know what to expect the first time she met
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