Tag: thankful
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Eighteen Miles
The fog down by the river was thick enough to make the Headless Horseman nervous. Somewhere out on the water a foghorn groans its low and beautiful note, and a train answers from somewhere further still. I prepared for the Bible study in that fog. It was as good a place as any. Having a…
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Road to Emmaus
“Then He asked them, ‘What is this dispute that you’re having with each other as you are walking?’” And they stopped walking and looked discouraged. The one named Cleopas answered him, “Are you the only visitor in Jerusalem who doesn’t know the things that happened therefore in these days?” “What things?” he asked them. So…
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A Fragmented Story
I Went to the gas station off the Thruway for snacks. You could tell right away he didn’t belong to the rhythm of the place. Everyone else moved with purpose. Grab, pay, leave. He lingered. Talking to no one and everyone at the same time. Layers of clothing that didn’t match the weather. Hair uneven.…
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The Unlosable Assignment
“I don’t say this out of need, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I find myself. I know how to make do with little, and I know how to make do with a lot. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being content, whether well fed or…
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A walk by the Wallkill
The Wallkill flows north and it flows slowly and crooked but this time of year it does not seem to be flowing at all. This river is old, they say many mastodon bones have been uncovered along its banks. What that means for sure is this river has been here longer than we can officially…
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Isaac Jogues: The Missionary Who Walked Back Into the Fire
The Thirty Years’ War was raging in Europe, fueling a near–cold-war divide between Protestant and Catholic powers. France, under Catholic monarchs like Louis XIII, was aggressively Counter-Reformationist, using the Jesuits as intellectual and spiritual shock troops to reclaim ground lost to Protestantism. Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, the New World was a chaotic frontier. French, English,…
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I Thank The Lord
If I am sick or if I am well, thanks be to God, my soul will tell. If I am strong or if I am weak, thanks be to God in all I speak. When dogs bark and cars chase, when people die, when life feels like a race When dogs bark loud and the…
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A walk in the woods (shaupeneak ridge)
At the foot of Shaupeneak Ridge, before the climb begins, there is a field that rolls out like a great green sigh. Not flat, not orderly, but rumpled with small hills and dips as if the earth once shifted. Here where the ticks dance in the tall grass, before the trees gather to form the…
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it is not a political goal
Some accuse believers of being “Christian nationalists” simply for praying in public or affirming biblical truth. Others weaponize traditional values as if morality alone could redeem a nation. In both cases, the gospel is distorted. Christianity is not about identity politics, it’s about identity in Christ. It is not a tribal badge or cultural campaign.…
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NEW BOOK !!!
📜 🫵🏻 New Book Alert: Timeless Truths, Faithful Leadership by Will Forge 🫵🏻 📜 Timeless Truths, Faithful Leadership, presents a bold Christian manifesto for a generation disoriented by manipulation, greed, and cowardice. This book dares to challenge both secular culture and a compromised church, calling for a new form of leader, one forged by truth,…
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