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  • Come, Sinners; You Are Welcome

    Photo by Ahmet Kurt on Unsplash You clean up, fix up, or straighten up and it goes well for a while and then … you relapse into a worse state than before. There is a futility in constantly cleaning up and not dealing with the roots of what pollutes us, corrupts us, and manipulates our…

  • Hear and Obey

    But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it. – Luke 11:28 Jesus could handle controversy. He had just demonstrated that He could do so. He could handle direct attack. Now He faced an even greater challenge – how to handle praise. “Blessed is the womb that…

  • Joyful noise- Man in the mirror I Hate Truth … sometimes. Sometimes I hate truth when it hurts and when it indicts me Sometimes But only the way a kid hates his parents for a flash of a moment when they yank his chain and put a lid on his poor choices. This sort of…

  • October 24 in the History of Public Thinking and Acting

    Raysonho @ Open Grid Scheduler / Grid Engine – Own work History. I read it every  day. I take, at least, a shallow dive into the history of events on the day of the month I am experiencing, looking back over the centuries.  It helps keep everything in perspective. I quote from Wikipedia and footnote its sources:…

  • Close and Reliable – God Is Near – Psalm 119-51

  • A Close and Reliable God

    We need reliable help from someone who knows us and our circumstances. "You, O Lord, are near at hand, *and all your commandments are true."-Psalm 119:51 In this body of a much longer prayer, the psalmist makes two affirmations that stir our souls and comfort our hearts. He says to God, "You are near at…

  • Bible Chat on Psalm 28 My Heart Dances

  • Florence Nightingale’s Voice and Appeal On this day in 1854 – Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses are sent to the Crimean War.

  • President Warren Harding Condemns Lynching in Alabama

    WARREN G. HARDING, “ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AT THE CELEBRATION OF THE SEMICENTENNIAL FOUNDING OF THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA” (26 OCTOBER 1921) [1] Mr. Mayor, Citizens of Birmingham, and People of the South: I have been wondering, as we have seen the Birmingham district and the marvels of this region’s…