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Faith Like a Flash Mob
There are Bible verses I only believe for as long as it takes to read them. Take this one, for instance: “ But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on …[ read more ]
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Smite Me, O Mighty Smiter (Or How to Encourage the Afflicted)
Anna Karenina opens with this line: “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” That’s a poetic way of observing that pain is isolating. When life is good, it’s easy to feel at one with others and to see one’s place in the world. When life takes a “Job-ian” …[ read more ]