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Click Here for “Fig Leaf Psychology”
For a period of my life I woke up each morning with terror raging in my chest. It was a spiritual issue. Having recently decided to change my life course and serve the God of all righteousness, I lived in fear of being overtaken by the [...]
Kony 2012
Social justice, human rights, victim advocacy—these are all the rage today. For instance, filmmaker Jason Russell’s viral Kony 2012 has received over 100 million views. I was one of them. Watching it, I felt outrage, compassion, and a call to noble action. Will the film have its intended effect of helping secure the [...]
A poet at the Philadelphia Art Center
At the end of each month I “do finances,” juggling expenses and income for a home, a rental property, and a non-profit ministry. “Doing finances” takes a few hours and invariably raises my blood pressure enough for me to sense the pumping adrenals and constricting arteries. If [...]
It must have been fall when she first heard him sing, because she remembers how his tenor soared among the fiery maple leaves one hundred feet above ground as she sat by her window. It made her breath come in gasps, as if she was doing the singing. She saw him from a distance many [...]
Click here -> 2012 by Lee G and Delon
In the year twenty-twelve The end might come And if it does, what will be your outcome?
My friends Lee and Delon produced this recording for New Year’s Eve and have been passing it around the web.
They know that the events of the end [...]
Site of the New LDS Temple in Philadelphia
For a week in August the Montana mountains took my breath away, but the time came to leave paradise. The flight out of Bozeman connected in Salt Lake City, home of the Latter Day Saints. As I plopped into my seat, a very [...]
White water rafting (that's me with the shades) . . .
Normally I like to dwell on the positive and be upbeat, constructive, and solution-focused. Just for now, though, I’m going to list seven deadly psychological sins that, if left to themselves, will undo all the good that your better habits may be accomplishing [...]
Simon's Feast
They call me Simon the Pharisee. “Simon” means “hearing.” In accordance with my name, I heard the call of Jesus and became a disciple after He healed me of leprosy. Candidly, the physical disease symbolized the deeper spiritual disease from which Jesus also delivered me. I was guilty of clergy sexual [...]
All serious-minded people experience, at some point in their lives, something like the following: After a nice social event—perhaps a dinner with guests—a discussion begins. The sad state of the world and current events provide common ground at first. Before long, someone begins to speak more—much more—than anyone else. The one-time social visit turns [...]
This week I’ve feasted my heart on a study of Jesus’ relationships with women. Amazing things happened inside of me. Passion rekindled. Apathy disappeared. My desire to follow Him to the ends of the earth revived. Oh, how I love Jesus!
Here’s what I learned: Jesus respected women. Often we emphasize respect of men. [...]
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