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The Truth About Life

“Life is pain,” the Dread Pirate Roberts (aka Westley) tells Buttercup in The Princess Bride. Frank Capra, on the other hand, says “it’s a wonderful life” in his Christmas movie by that name. One Sunday, as I filled in for our … Continue reading

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Teach Your Children Well

“Did you watch the Trump/Biden debate?” a dear friend’s middle school-aged grandson — a big history fan — recently asked her. She hadn’t, so he asked her if she would watch it with him on YouTube. My friend really didn’t … Continue reading

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Commenting Guidelines

I’m thrilled to see some new readers and commenters on my blog. I hope you like what you’ve read and will come back again. And I very much appreciate comments in response to what I’ve written. I won’t, however, publish … Continue reading

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What is Truth?

“What is truth?” Pilate asks Jesus prior to sentencing him to crucifixion at the demands of the crowd. Was it a retort, as the NIV translates it? Or a scornful question, as the Amplified Bible suggests. It’s possible. Most translations, … Continue reading

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Why I’m Posting Again

When this year began, I hadn’t posted to this blog in quite a while, so I decided to save a little money and quit paying for a site and domain name it didn’t look like I was going to use. … Continue reading

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