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In Christ Alone
I just listened to yet another version of the song “In Christ Alone.” It’s a good song but it makes me a little sad sometimes. “No guilt in life/ no fear in death/ this is the power of Christ in me/ From life’s first cry til final breath/ Jesus commands my destiny.” “No power of…
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People’s Worth
My personal calling and mission includes teaching people their worth. I believe in individual worth: that no two people are in any real sense equal. That is countercultural. Most of the people I interact with know Thomas Jefferson’s ‘self evident’ truth that all men are created equal. There is usually a lot of pushback from…
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A Little Bit Of Everything
If you are just joining me there’s a little bit of everything on my blog. Family, friends, and fun. Intoxication and spiritual rants (sometimes both at once). Victory, defeat, malaise, and melancholy. Some hints at self care, and neurodiversity, and a whole lot of awesome. There will not however be any marathons, or skydiving, or…
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Breaking the Word of Wisdom
What have you been working on? I am at the moment working on finishing a second six pack of honey ale. I’ve had a little help from a buddy. He came over and we drank together into the wee hours of the night. That’s something I haven’t done in years because I was trying hard…
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Judgemental
What’s something most people don’t know about you? I am an intelligent and polite person. It covers a lot of my other sins. For instance I think the world is full of people that are stupid, rude, or both. I am one of the most judgmental people you will probably never meet. People don’t see…
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Isolated but not Lonely
I have a lot of friends but they do not visit me. In their defense I don’t visit them either. I don’t drive so it’s not particularly practical to walk all over the city considering the responsibilities I have at this point in my life. So I go to Walgreens to feel connected to the…
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Stuck in Crisis: Excerpt 5
I felt broken. I felt threatened. Things I’d buried stirred from within my own darkened depths. I tried to silence them with food. I ate too much too often and made myself sick. I tried to regain access to my diabetic medications, but my requests were denied. I thought my doctors knew something about my…
Latter Day Sinner 