I just got wind of another pastor committing suicide. I was slow to write on this because I don’t want to be in the habit of being a pundit. Instead, it is good to simply lament. Of course there were many specific circumstances that led to this particular pastor’s decision to shoot himself…but I am […]
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In his majestic poem, “Ode on Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood”, William Wordsworth writes: Then sing, ye Birds, sing, sing a joyous song! And let the young Lambs bound As to the tabor’s sound! We in thought will join your throng, Ye that pipe and ye that play, Ye that through your
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I had a conversation with a friend the other day and they confessed (though didn’t apologize, mind you) to having judged decisions I had made. These pre-judgments were out of ignorance and not once did the person talk to me to find out the circumstances surrounding various decisions I had made. Instead, they succumbed to
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I am naturally a very trusting person. Some would call it a weakness…Others might dub it as gullible…but I assume that the person I am talking to has no reason to lie to me or to embellish the truth. This tendency has made me waste a lot of time on ventures and situations I, otherwise,
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