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The Love of God: Uncut Diamonds
“We have nothing, if not belief.” – Sir Reepicheep, Chief Mouse of Narnia, Voyage of the Dawn Treader (C.S. Lewis) “Do the arithmetic or be doomed to talk nonsense.” – John McCarthy, A.I. trailblazer [1] We are the uncut diamonds … Continue reading
Posted in Angels, belief, biology, cells, diamonds, faith, God the Father, Higgs Boson, Higgs Field, Holy Spirit, Living Water, Love, prayer, quitting, quitting smoking, religion, smoking, Uncategorized
Tagged faith, Generosity, Love of God, Son of Man
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The Flow of God: Living Water and All That Missing Matter
Let me begin with two fundamental tenets of my belief system: First, I utterly and without question believe the Universe we inhabit was made by a singular, living, creative, brilliant, loving God Whom I happen to call “Father” but you … Continue reading
Posted in Angels, belief, faith, God the Father, Higgs Boson, Higgs Field, Holy Spirit, Living Water, Love, miracles, particle physics, physics, prayer, quantum theory, religion, Uncategorized
Tagged Astrophysics, Cosmology, Creation, God, Higgs Boson, Higgs Field, Living Water, space
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…All Things New Again.
So I’m going to make this as short and sweet as possible because it’s all behind me now and it’s way too self-centered, but there are some kudos to be given and thanks to be shared that I cannot ignore, … Continue reading
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Giving Life to Art: A Profound Event
We didn’t know it at the time, but the summer of 1996 proved to be a turning-point of enormous proportions for the world – and especially our little corner of it – because that was the season when we first … Continue reading
Posted in AIDS, Angels, health, Holy Spirit, Love, miracles
Tagged Art, Art Show, Cedar House, Fire Island, Fire Island Pines, Gallery, Gallery Positive, VisualAIDS
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The First Day of April, 1957
[Excerpted from my as-yet-to-be-named memoirs (a lifetime’s work in progress) recalling the day we moved from Grayson, Alabama (in the middle of the Bankhead National Forest) to Century, Florida (on the Alabama/Florida State line) in 1957. A friend posted photos … Continue reading
Posted in Angels, Love
Tagged AL, Alger-Sullivan, Bankhead National Forest, Century, Century Elementary School, First Grade, FL, Grayson, Mill town, School
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Betty’s Bradford Pears Twenty Years On
[I originally published this post in April of 2014, but a friend of ours posted this beautiful photo of the Bradford Pears peaking in Dallas on Facebook today and it inspired me to realize that it was exactly twenty years … Continue reading
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Ode to a Pew
With apologies to all my lawyer friends… I’ve decided to leaven all the long-form posts I’ve either posted or have in the pipeline with occasional poems from my 1998 compilation, “Ups and Downs”. I called it that because they chronicle … Continue reading
Posted in Angels, poetry
Tagged Law School, M. Leigh Harrison, teaching, University of Alabama, University of Alabama Law School
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The Family of God: Uncle Jesus
[Note to my readers: If I am presumptuous enough to write a blog honoring angels, then it behooves me to periodically lay out for you exactly what I believe; to define, as best I can, just what my religious inclinations … Continue reading
Posted in Angels, belief, faith, God the Father, Holy Spirit, Love, prayer, religion, Uncategorized
Tagged Angels, Connections, Cousins, faith, family, Family Tree, Geneaology, Goodness, Grayson, Holy Spirit, Hope, Imaginary friends, Jesus, Joy, Life, Light, love, Prayer, Truth
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See It. Know It. Do It.
Okay, so I realized a few days ago that, as of December 20th, I’m exactly two-thirds of the way to being a hundred years old. Wow. Not that I’m concerned about it. I’ve always said – you can ask any … Continue reading
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Tagged Angels, Beauty, blogging, Cedar House, faith, family, Fire Island, Fire Island Pines, flowers, Gardening, Goodness, Joy, Life, Light, love, Truth
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