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Category Archives: Window on our culture
Poll-Tested Positions (Monday)
“Poll-tested position.” I ran across the phrase in an opinion column. What is it? a popularity contest shilling for votes scientific approach to public opinion Seems to me that true leaders influence public opinion. Followers are influenced … Continue reading
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Word Power (Wednesday)
Continuing with Seeing Voices by Oliver Sacks: “What is naming for? It has to do, surely, with the primal power of words, to define, to enumerate, to allow mastery and manipulation; to move from the realm of objects and images to … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam naming the animals, Genesis 2:19, Oliver Sacks, Seeing Voices
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Word Power (Tuesday)
I’m reading Oliver Sacks’ Seeing Voices. It’s a fascinating look into communication, deafness and the power of words. He reminds us that we think with words. Words connect us to past and future, to far-off places, even to the land of make-believe. Without … Continue reading
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Word Power (Monday)
Words matter. I try hard to use the right words. It aggravates me when others don’t–as in: Access to health insurance versus access to health care Income (what is earned) versus wealth (what is owned) Natural versus good (think about it; poison … Continue reading
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Tagged Proverbs 25:11, word power, words
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Lead Us Not into Temptation (Monday)
Traditionally, Christians fast during this time before Easter. Did you give up something for Lent? No meat on Fridays for me I gave up sweets I’m fasting from Facebook and Twitter Without the spiritual component, fasting from … Continue reading
May Your Blessings Outnumber the Shamrocks (Friday)
I really like this verse: Ephesians 1:3 (ESV) Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places. Blessings up–from me to God. Blessings … Continue reading
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May Your Blessings Outnumber the Shamrocks (Thursday)
Spring starts today! What do St. Patrick and Spring have in common, besides proximity on the calendar? Growth, new life. Just as spring plants grow from seed to tender sprout to fruitful maturity, Patrick grew from child to … Continue reading
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May Your Blessings Outnumber the Shamrocks (Wednesday)
St. Patrick used a shamrock, so they say, to explain the Trinity. Three leaves–one shamrock. Father, Son, Spirit–one God. Here’s the Bible verse I’m memorizing this week–Paul’s prayer: Ephesians 1:17 (NIV) I keep asking that the God … Continue reading
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Tagged Ephesians 1:17, shamrocks, St. Patrick, Trinity
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May Your Blessings Outnumber the Shamrocks (Tuesday)
Where did St. Patrick find the power to not only forgive his former captors, but to devote his life to serving them? “I arise today Through God’s strength to pilot me: God’s might to uphold … Continue reading
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May Your Blessings Outnumber the Shamrocks (Monday)
What do you know about St. Patrick? I’m guessing he was Irish He used a shamrock to describe God He drove the snakes out of Ireland Patrick of Ireland was born in Great Britain. At age sixteen, he was captured by … Continue reading
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