Tag: Christianity
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Jovan Belcher and a Shared Story of Violence
In the wake of the events of this past weekend, I have spent this morning reflecting on the story of Jovan Belcher. On Saturday, the 25-year-old NFL player shot and killed his girlfriend (the mother of his infant daughter), then drove to the stadium to take his own life with his head coach and general […]
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Welcome, Thanks, and an Excellent Quote (from a guy named Helmut)
In recent days, there have been an unseasonable amount of new readers to my little blog. Welcome. Thanks for reading. As a way of saying thanks for reading, I thought I would give you a quote from a long-deceased, forgotten-by-history German theologian named Helmut Thielicke. Since the next couple of posts are going to be […]
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God, Science, Poets, Love and Hate
When I first met my wife, I decided I wanted to abandon myself to knowing everything about her. So first I learned who her favorite band was. And I was hooked. I wanted to know her dreams, what she wanted to be when she grew up. I wanted to find out what it was about […]