“Take care, you will face many tribulations in the world for my sake.” – Jesus “Apparently uncertain seasons are usually the most powerful God-moments we experience. They often put God on display more than other seasons, demonstrating that God exists and rewards those who seek him (Hebrews 11:6).” – Jon Bloom, Desiring God Ministries Those who know me know I’m all about fearless writing. If
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I wonder sometimes if I’m paying any attention to what I say or not. A friend texts me and I don’t notice for a while. “You writing today?”I scrunch my nose. I have the most shocking ability to deny reality.I coach authors for a living. I do this because I like it. Also, I don’t really like doing anything else that
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“The essential thing ‘in heaven and earth’ is . . . that there should be long obedience in the same direction; there thereby results, and has always resulted in the long run, something which has made life worth living.” -Nietsche In the flood of new books that come out every day, it’s easy to forget there is life we’ve been
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“As a boy, I’d learned that it’s the Latin, and maybe a Greek, word for ‘suffering’ that gives rise to our word ‘passion.’ Etymologically, the opposite of suffering is, therefore, ‘apathy’; the Passion of the Christ, say, is a reminder, even a proof, that suffering is something that a few high souls embrace to try to lessen the pains of
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amusement – an activity that is diverting and holds the attention; a-muse, lit. “without thought.” I used to know how to have fun even if no one else around me did. I’m not sure when exactly it happened, but I’ve grown up. It became obvious recently and scared me. We went to a movie Friday night and it felt like I
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