Monthly Archives: January 2008

The Poem

January 4, 2008 – 8:16 am

All this is flashy rhetoric about loving you. I never had a selfless thought since I was born. I am mercenary and self-seeking through and through: I want God, you, all friends, merely to serve my turn. Peace, re-assurance, pleasure, are the goals I seek, I cannot crawl one inch outside my proper skin: I [...]

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“As the Ruin Falls”

January 4, 2008 – 8:15 am

Photo of a bombed out structure with troops of the US 70th Infantry from Trailblazers magazine Day 2 continued… I’m impressed by Abraham answering God’s command so quickly. I have to believe that I would have waited awhile—perhaps forever. I would have asked friends and family what they thought of this divine request. I would [...]

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The First Dumb Blond was a Man

January 3, 2008 – 9:32 am

Day 2 (part 1) Genesis 17:1-28:22 When Abram was 99 years old he “fell on his face” before God two times. The first time (Gen 17:3) he did so out of respect and the second time (v17) in mockery. When God bid Abram to “walk before [him] and be blameless” (v1) and that as a [...]

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The Bible’s Overarching Theme

January 1, 2008 – 7:00 am

A view from the Hubble Space Telescope showing a star forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (NASA, ESA) Day 1 Genesis 1:1-16:16 I am touched once again by the forthright stories of the Bible. They speak to the whole human condition with frankness; the Bible stories do not hold back their punches or their [...]

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