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Claiming the “Bastardes”

Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. Don’t let the bastards grind you down.[1] A bit cheeky, perhaps a little rebellious. Definitely fun to say (And I’ve read

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Have I Done Enough?

The gentle, old saint, with less than 48 hours to live, whispered to me, “I just wonder if I have done enough?” The question made

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Putting on the Mind of Christ

by Chuck DeGroat My vocation is to be love.                     St. Thérèse of Lisieux I grew up in a very conservative Reformed tradition that tended in

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Distracted

by Michael Bos As I write this, I’m mindful of research about online reading habits. I know that for every additional one hundred words I

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Strawberry Fields. . .forever

In the cold of January, fifty-plus years ago, I sat in a car full of guys, my cased-up 16-gauge double-barrel in my hands, heading out

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Shopping with Jesus

I have a thing for clothes. Let’s not call it an obsession, but okay…FINE. I love colors and shoes and 1950s clip earrings and vintage

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