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"Many see, with alarm and distress fast deepening into silent despair, religious faith in themselves and others fading into a dim uncertainty as to everything beyond the world of sense. These men are skeptics, involuntary skeptics, as to everything. They would believe in God, but they find only a possibility of his existence in physical science, ( Read more... )

At the gym today I was lifting with my headphones on and watching folks in the mirror, which makes one feel like a detached observer if anything does. I was thinking about the fact that I always reuse the same paper towel to wipe down my equipment because it produces less waste which really matters to me, even if it is just a little thing.

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For the class last week that prompted my thoughts on the cross, we read an excerpt from Redeeming Memories by Flora Keshgegian. Like a geek I decided to get the whole book from the library and read it. I am reading it now. it is good ( Read more... )

Discussion tonight on Christology. It didn't go where I was expecting ( Read more... )

For as long as I can remember I have been trying not to need. I had almost convinced myself that I was self-sufficient, that there were no holes in me, as if my insistence would make it so. But each time I have pushed away what I need I have only sucked a little more air out, so when finally punctured I create a vacuum of need that overwhelms me ( Read more... )