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Diamonds in the Rough: Third Annual Posting
“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
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Tagged Angels, belief, diamonds, evolution, guardian angels, soul, strong atomic force, weak atomic force
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The Flow of God: Third Annual Posting
“Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God…” – Revelation 22:1 This post is surely my most presumptuous, but perhaps the most important. It is perfectly possible … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, Goodness, Hope, Life, Light, love, Truth
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Uncle Jesus: Doing the Math (3d Annual Posting)
This is my third annual posting of this long-form essay that was the inspiration for starting this blog in the first place. It is the first of three posts that, taken together, lay out a pretty good schematic of my … Continue reading
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Tagged All one family, Ancestry, Bankhead National Forest, church of the Forest, Cousins, genealogy, Grayson, Jesus
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Frazzle-Dazzle
I’m not entirely sure why I have had an inner urging for several weeks, now, to post this poem, but I have, and since it revolves around the self-reflective mindset that results in what we loosely call “resolutions,” it … Continue reading
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Tagged ballet, Gelsey Kirkland, Harkness House for Ballet Arts
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Common Courtesy, Political Correctness and the Golden Rule
Call me crazy, or addled, or pixilated, or whatever you like, but it seems to me that the American express has veered off course; the roaring of our engines is still robust, and the speed of our progress continues apace, … Continue reading
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Tagged Golden Rule, Great Commandment, Jesus, love, Neighbor, Samaritan, Seinfeld, Selfishness
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OUR COMMON HOME: What the Pope Said
I’m astonished by the Pope on so many levels. There is his proactive humility, his profound simplicity, his confident spirituality, and all served up to our little lost world in his mind-bogglingly perfect pitch. As both a lifelong friend of … Continue reading
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Tagged Air, Carbon, Common Home, Earth Sciences, Encyclical, Environment, Filth, Global Warming, Laudato Sii, love, Pollution, Social Sciences, the Poor, Water
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Act Three: The Garden Tour at Waning Time
In the early weeks, exuberant, happy growth pours forth from the garden. (https://inpraiseofangels.wordpress.com/2015/07/07/the-garden-tour/) By midsummer, a spectral reveal takes over: the yellows and oranges of the early lilies demur to the mauves and pinks of hydrangeas that, in their own … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn, beach, deck plantings, flowers, Gardening, gardens, landscapes, Monarch butterflies, Montauk daisies, nature
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Remembering Mama, and Margaret Sandlin’s Cherry Dessert
The first day of September is rich with meaning for so many people in so many ways. For students of every age, from Pre-K (something that hadn’t even been invented in my day) right on through doctoral studies, it marks … Continue reading
Posted in Angels, belief, cooking, Death, desserts, faith, fruit glaze, Holy Spirit, Love, prayer, recipes, religion, Uncategorized
Tagged cherries, Cherry dessert, cherry pie filling, Decatur, Decatur Daily, Huntsville, Newcomers Club, refrigerated desserts, rich desserts, sinful desserts
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A Boy’s Tale, Complete Part I, “The Wedding”
About A Boy’s Tale To my mind, one of history’s – especially Christian history’s – most under-appreciated personalities is Mark the Evangelist. Oh, we’ve heard of him well enough, but only as the author of the Gospel bearing his name. … Continue reading
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Tagged Apostle Andrew, Apostle Peter, Apostles, Baptism of Christ, Cana, Christ, First Century Jerusalem, First Century Palestine, Herod Antipas, James Zebedee, Jesus, John Mark, John the Baptist, John Zebedee, Jordan River, Mark the Evangelist, Mary the mother of Jesus, wedding at Cana, Wine into Water, Zebedee
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A Boy’s Tale: Chapter 11
XI The rabbi raised his arms to Heaven and said an opening prayer in Hebrew, then switched to Aramaic as he turned to Abner and Rebecca, “Is this your daughter, whom you surrender on this day and in this place … Continue reading
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Tagged Apostle Andrew, Apostle Simon Peter, Cana, Celebration, Father in Heaven, First Miracle, James the brother of Jesus, Jesus, Mark the Evangelist, Mary the mother of Jesus, Miracles, Ruth the Sister of Jesus, Vintage, Water into Wine, wedding at Cana, Wedding Feast, Wines
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