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Tempus fugit

Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. - F. Bueller, philosopher According to the trustworthy scholars at Wikipedia, the Latin phrase “tempus fugit” was first found in book 3 of Virgil’s Georgics. There it means, “it escapes, irretrievable time”. Or more simply put,…

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In-Between

It’s hard when you’re in-between. In-between jobs, in-between relationships - in "limbo". You feel like you’re drifting purposelessly on an endless sea, going nowhere. You’re not where you were, and that’s great. You prayed God would get you out of that situation, and He did. That trial is over, thank God! But you’re also not…

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Right of Way

As an intellectual exercise today, I'd like us to deal with an analogy. a·nal·o·gy /əˈnaləjē/ noun -"a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification." Oftentimes when dealing with a moral problem, it helps to take a step back and look at…

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The Long Run

One buddy of mine, who we’ll call “Bill”, has fought an addiction to pornography his whole life. It started with a magazine he found by accident as a boy. The photographs inside permanently twisted him so that Bill can no longer get pleasure from what most would consider “normal sexual activity”. This has also limited…

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Sock Puppet Jesus

I was in a staff meeting for a secular job once, and our company was exploring ways to help us "get in touch with ourselves spiritually". An enthusiastic young lady was leading the session. As she began, she asked us to relax, open our palms upward, and try to “center ourselves”. Already, I’m lost. When…

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