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Three New Year’s Resolutions for Americans

I’m going to take this one more to heart in the future. In the past I’ve been too preoccupied with differences I’ve had on these matters with people I’ve loved and still care about. I’ve struggled with a root of … Continue reading

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Filmmakers Reveal the Truth About George Floyd

Remember George Floyd? Remember what you heard, saw, thought and said about the events surrounding his death? If it still matters, there’s more we should be aware of with a recently released documentary film called “The Fall of Minneapolis“. If … Continue reading

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Love Your Enemies, by Arthur Brooks

Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt by Arthur C. Brooks My rating: 5 of 5 stars I can’t think of a more timely book than this one; or a book that could … Continue reading

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The Message of Lamentations, by Christopher Wright

The Message of Lamentations by Christopher J.H. Wright My rating: 5 of 5 stars During this Lenten season my scripture reading guide took me through the books of Jeremiah and Lamentations. To get more out of my reading, I read … Continue reading

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First Fruits of Prayer

First Fruits of Prayer: A Forty Day Journey Through the Canon of St. Andrew by Frederica Mathewes-Green My rating: 4 of 5 stars Praying through the Canon of St. Andrew has been a blessed experience for me during Lent. This … Continue reading

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The Downward Ascent by Edna Hatlestad Hong

The Downward Ascent by Edna Hatlestad Hong My rating: 5 of 5 stars This little book is among the best Lenten reading that I have found. Edna Hong wrote this in response to overhearing a clergyman’s opinion that the season … Continue reading

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Lower Lights Ministries

On Thursday night I attended a mentor orientation meeting for Project AIM (Achieving Independence through Mentoring), a new project being started by Lower Lights Ministries in Franklinton on the near west side of Columbus. The meeting was at Bellows Avenue … Continue reading

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History Written By the Winners?

A recent conversation with a coworker about my seminary studies of history brought to mind the cliché “History is written by the winners.” I think this was the point he was trying to make with me without saying it in … Continue reading

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