Looking back on a barren landscape of wasted time — minutes, hours, days… I can stand, dismayed at the deprivation, at the desolation. Or I can look forward with resolve toward recompense, toward vigor, toward life.
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How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God! For this reason Christ […]
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Does it matter if you lose just so you play fair, do yourself proud by not offending, by courtesy, by nice? If it doesn’t, why bother? So what, win some, lose some, go your merry way. It matters. If you […]
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Tomorrow’s life is too late. Live today. ~ Martial (The September 11 entry in For Today, published in 1982) September 11 was one date of 365 before it became 9-11. Innocuous days become pivotal in the nation, the world, the […]
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You feel like crying. The end of the world, the bottom of the pit. Betrayed, sideswiped, rug yanked. You want to scream, to wail, to protest to the stars. So why do you hold it in, pretend you’re fine, hide […]
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