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Shaky Ground and Darkness

“On shaky ground” means I’m in an uncomfortable position. “In the dark” means I don’t know what’s going on. Johnson Oatman, Jr. (1856-1922) knew the feeling and wrote these words:   My heart has no desire to stay Where doubts … Continue reading

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Safe Shelter at the End of Life

  When life is good, we wrap our mortality in a distant fog, hoping some far-off day to go to sleep in bed and wake up in heaven. But when pain and suffering take hold, we dust off our hope … Continue reading

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