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Category Archives: Window on our culture
Wise Words
Proverbs 31:26 (NIV) She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue. On her tongue, in her emails and her Facebook comments.
Posted in Window on our culture
Tagged email, Facebook, Proverbs 31:26, social media, Wisdom
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Listening Ears
Our kindergarten son was on his first trip through the mountains. My ears had just popped when he called from the backseat, “Mom! My ears just turned off.” Lord God, this might be a good time to turn our … Continue reading
Babel On
Babel – a chorus of confused voices (I hear that a lot). Psalm 33:12 (MSG) God takes the wind out of Babel pretense, he shoots down the world’s power-schemes. God’s plan for the world stands up, all … Continue reading
Sow Carefully
Galatians 5:7-8 (CEV) You will harvest what you plant. If you follow your selfish desires, you will harvest destruction, but if you follow the Spirit, you will harvest eternal life. When we sow selfishness, we reap envy. When … Continue reading
What Are We Reaping?
People are unhappy, and it is somebody’s fault. What’s the problem? People aren’t grateful for what they have, only envious of what they don’t have For those in power, it is never enough power Folks make their choices, … Continue reading
Celebrate the Love
Posted in Spiritual architecturEcards, Window on our culture
Tagged love your enemies, Matthew 5:44, St. Patrick
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Just a Minute
How do you feel about time? Too much time Never enough time Time’s a wastin’ Time change. Again. In 1784, Ben Franklin wrote “An Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost of Light,” joking that the people of … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Franklin, Daylight Savings Time, Time
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Work the Problem
I remember when tens of thousands of Hmong refugees came to the United States in the late 1970’s. Thousands of volunteers helped with their resettlement, some of our friends and family among them. I offered only second-hand help–mostly watching our … Continue reading
Immigration Is Hard
I knew a couple who came to the US from the Soviet Union. They were in an American grocery store for the first time, close to Christmas. They wept with joy as Silent Night played over the sound system. A few … Continue reading
Unhappy Ever After?
We’d like to think that our immigration stories all have happy-ever-after endings. But I worry about those sneaking across the border. How many young people are picked up by perverts, recruited by brutal gangs or abandoned by coyotes who promise a … Continue reading