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Sometimes I’m asked—by people who identify themselves as “Christian”—if I “accept Jesus.” This is the quintessential loaded question. If you read the subtitles, this can potentially mean: “Do you BELIEVE…

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Fool’s Move® I worked as a security guard for a while, in a gated community. What I really wanted to do was write songs, and someone recommended the job to…

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I was talking with a friend of mine the other day. Reminds me of a song (Tom Petty, Don’t Do Me Like That, Damn the Torpedoes, 1979). Tom Petty has…

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“I don’t eat sweets.” At least that’s what I protest when they’re offered. “No, thanks, I’m too sinful.” Partly a precaution against certain psycho-physical symptoms (feeling hung-over, lusty, spaced-out, depressed,…

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“A person who is not disturbed by the incessant flow of desires—that enter like rivers into the ocean, which is ever being filled but is always still — can alone…

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Forty degrees Fahrenheit isn’t that cold. I grew up where forty below—with a wind chill—was a regularly expected event, with boundless potential for six foot snowdrifts whenever the plows drive…

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