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Sep.09.2012
Stephen Shoemaker shared a WELCOME announcement printed in the bulletin of the Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. Of all the churches I’ve visited in the past twenty years across America, I’ve never seen this – or, anything remotely close to this welcome – printed in ANY bulletin – and I’ve been...
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Sep.03.2012
Photo: (Top) Title page of the First Edition, 1850, from the book's Wikipedia page.
Photo: First Editions, from flavorwire.com.
I have a lot of little things to say about this--about its plot, themes, images, metaphors and writing--so let's just bullet them:
--There was a stretch...
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Aug.21.2012
I would think that a disused church turning into a bookstore would please God. God Likes words. In the beginning was the word. The Bible is full of words. The Ten Commandments are made of words (179 to be exact - yes, I looked it up). So I think this is a grand idea. A temple of the Lord becomes a...
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Aug.20.2012
Ladies and Gentlemen,
The time is now for us as lovers of Christ to stand up and step into our annointing, our positions, our purpose and callings. Let your intimate relationship with God through Christ push you into the part you play in expanding the kingdom of God in the earth. It's already done...
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Jun.16.2012
God Uses My Hand
"The Father who dwells in me is doing his works.”
--John 14:10
My father was a talented professional artist, and at one time, his magnificent religious paintings hung in the reception room at Saint Martin of Tours Church in Philadelphia. There was a painting of...
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May.07.2012
I seem to be going through an awkward phase...
Lately it seems that I have been confronted with more than my share of awkward situations.
Last week, someone made a comment about my red hair ( I had just had the color refreshed.)The person said they had always liked red heads. I felt a bit squirmy....
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Apr.26.2012
Catholic means "universal" and "effecting mankind as a whole". Although today one usually understands it to mean a member of the Catholic Church, it also refers to the "ancient and undivided Christian church or a church claiming historical continuity to it". F. catholique, fr. L., fr. Gr....
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Apr.25.2012
The word "church" comes from two Greek phrases. One of the Greek phrases means "to be called out" and the other means "belonging to the Lord". Together the phrases are meant to signify "called out of the world and joined to the Lord".
Suellen Ocean is the author of Secret Genealogy a how-to...
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Apr.25.2012
Parochial stems from the word parish. Parochial can mean, "confined or restricted to a parish". The word parochial is often used to describe someone whose education is limited or narrow. There is an expression "parochial opinion". The definition of parochialism is "narrowness of interests or...
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Jan.16.2012
There is nothing better than a reception after the wedding. That has always been my thought. Hurry up and get married so we can party at the reception. I went to a wedding on Saturday and I felt the love. I knew she loved him and he loved her. The way they looked at each other, the way they...
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