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Words For When I’m Wordless
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Beyond Blue
I’m grasping for words today. What do you write the day after the deadliest shooting in U.S. history? I can barely look at the front page Washington Post photo of the wounded being carried from Norris Hall, an academic building at Virginia Tech, where 30 of the slayings occurred. I’m not sure if it’s disrespectful…
On Hope
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Beyond Blue
Yesterday I mentioned my wise theology professor, Keith Egan. In an article entitled “Banishing Anxiety,” he wrote the following about hope: “Hope is a call to choose life and to choose it to the full, to live vibrantly knowing that Jesus Christ did not die in vain. The hope offered by Jesus has roots in…
God Isn’t Random
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Beyond Blue
The deadliest killing spree in U.S. history happened this morning: at least 32 people killed and more than two dozen others injured during the shooting rampage at Virginia Tech (according to the latest “Washington Post” story). I’m afraid to read the whole report because it will trigger the same debilitating anxiety I felt in October…
A Bad Compassion Day
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Beyond Blue
My hair is in place, but boy am I having a bad compassion day! This is where I went wrong: I read an op-ed entitled “Self-Help’s Slimy ‘Secret’” by Tim Watkin in the “Washington Post.” Not a smart activity given that I already have major (MAJOR) issues with the way Rhonda Byrne has repackaged the…
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