The regrets, shoulds, ought tos over time accrue and aggregate, solidify and petrify, expand… harden. And as they accumulate, debris sticking, adhering, these emotions harden hearts as well. Minds avoid guilt, shoving it away, hurling it toward bit players on the scene, […]
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Words with One Sound
In the beloved 23rd Psalm there are 119 words; 95 are words of one syllable. In the Sermon on the Mount more than 80 per cent are words of one syllable. In the Ten Commandments, on which are based all […]
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A party heard two shots fired, said they were inside a house. Was that a traumatic event, sleepless nights, haunted dreams to come? The news crew, probably others, too, arrived at the scene, waited, watched. What happened they could have […]
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4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. ~ Step 4 Well, sure, it’s important. Folks need to figure out how messed up their lives are, and then delve in and realize they did it to themselves. You […]
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The regrets, shoulds, ought tos over time accrue and aggregate, solidify and petrify, expanding, harden. And as they accumulate debris sticking, adhering, they harden hearts as well. Minds avoid guilt, shoving it away, and hurl it toward bit players on the scene, sighing relief as it adheres…then etch the scene on psyches as a […]
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