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Dan
Dec 2, 20212 min read
24 Questions for Advent: Four
"Why when there're so many of us are there people still alone?" - Tracy Chapman, Why? The ultimate irony of the development of...
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Dan
Dec 1, 20212 min read
24 Questions for Advent: Three
Album cover for Tribal Opera, by Ideola (Mark Heard) "What's the worth of one warm smile?" Mark Heard, Go Ask the Dead Man, Tribal Opera...
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Dan
Nov 30, 20212 min read
24 Questions for Advent: Two
"Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them?" - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring...
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Dan
Nov 29, 20212 min read
24 Questions for Advent: One
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” - Mary Oliver, The Summer Day As I read this line, one that I...
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Dan
Aug 11, 20215 min read
Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue
Eyck, Jan van, 1390-1440. Arnolfini Wedding, detail, from Art in the Christian Tradition I began this blog a few years ago, with the...
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Dan
Jun 19, 20214 min read
For Juneteenth: A Freedman's Letter to His Old Master
This is from an article by Tod Perry of GOOD on 11-3-2017 (https://www.good.is/articles/jordan-andersons-legendary-clapback) In 1825, at...
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Dan
Jan 20, 20213 min read
The Hill We Climb
National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman shared these poignant words at Biden's inauguration. When day comes, we ask ourselves, where...
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Dan
Dec 5, 20203 min read
Let's Pretend
The following was a chapter of a radio series by Christian apologist C. S. Lewis, that was later compiled into the book Mere Christianity....
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Dan
Oct 16, 20201 min read
Why Do I Have to Change the World?
“Therefore, dear Sir, love your solitude and try to sing out with the pain it causes you. For those who are near you are far away... and...
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Dan
Sep 16, 20204 min read
I Stand By The Door
Artist's Mother Opening a Door, Édouard Vuillard, 1891 Samuel Moor Shoemaker III, DD, STD (1893–1963) was a priest of the Episcopal...
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Dan
Aug 21, 20208 min read
Conversations in a Porch
A thoughtful essay from Arsenio Rodriguez in the Wall Street International Magazine, https://wsimag.com/feature/62082-conversations-in-a...
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Dan
Aug 2, 20202 min read
If These Walls Could Speak
"If These Walls Could Speak" by Dan Oberg, artist's footprints, watercolor & ink pen, 2020 I had the privilege of participating in an...
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Dan
Jun 20, 20205 min read
I Love a Child, but She is Afraid of Me
This is a short story that I first read years ago by Walt Wangerin. I was immediately struck by the brutal honesty of the piece,...
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Dan
Jun 16, 20202 min read
"That's All I Want"
Contemporary Justice and Child, Symeon Shimin, 1940 Great Hall, Dept. Of Justice, Washington DC People hate this kind of talk. Raw...
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Dan
May 30, 20203 min read
Lukewarm Acceptance
First, I must confess that over the last few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the...
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