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Sand in the Gears » Blog Archive » A Darkness That May Be Felt
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Laquo; The beast without. Bull; Legos in the Deep. A Darkness That May Be Felt. March 9th, 2015 Posted in The Sermons. Some of you may like my latest essay at Image, about the 21 young men murdered by ISIS in Libya. Here’s an excerpt:. And we are here. Sometimes we forget. You can read the rest here. Sorry, comments for this entry are closed at this time. I came to myself in a dark wood. For I had lost the straight path. Get email notifications of new posts. Enter your email address:. The Things We Build.
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Sand in the Gears » Blog Archive » Temple of bones
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Bull; When He is Silent. January 19th, 2015 Posted in The Sermons. Every baptism in the Orthodox Church entails an exorcism, as I learned last Easter when I was baptized into the Church. It was nothing desperate and dramatic like some of us remember from. In truth the devil and his minions flee from Christ and the Cross, having been sundered by both. Delivered, yet enframed by these diseased bones. Work out your salvation with fear and trembling, urged the saint who surely knew that working grace int...
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Sand in the Gears » Blog Archive » Legos in the Deep
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Laquo; A Darkness That May Be Felt. Bull; Letters to camp. Legos in the Deep. May 1st, 2015 Posted in Faith and Life. So I wrote something about some of that, kind of sideways because you know that’s my specialty. It ended up being two parts, for which I apologize or accept praise, depending on your inclination. Here’s a bit from the first:. Christ is risen from the dead, we sing, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life. And here’s a snippet from the second:. Last reply ...
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Sand in the Gears » Blog Archive » The beast without
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Laquo; When He is Silent. Bull; A Darkness That May Be Felt. February 20th, 2015 Posted in The Art of Parenting. 8220;Isaac’s being a jerk,” my seven year-old, Isaiah, says about his older brother. They have been sledding over new-fallen snow. 8220;Why do you say that? 8220;Because he keeps knocking me off my sled.”. 8220;Why do you think he did that? 8221; I ask. I’ve been trying to help my children consider how sometimes they incite one another. 8220;Because he’s evil.”. Glad I’m not that stupid. What ...
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Sand in the Gears » Blog Archive » The poor fisherman
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Bull; Death in Charleston. June 11th, 2015 Posted in Faith and Life. From my latest essay at the. I am a tense and irritable man with occasional bouts of cheerfulness tempered by fatalism. I am a hard man with whom to live. I spent yesterday griping at my kids not to drown in the river, not to pick up snakes, not to fall into the fire pit. I pray and pray this morning. Help me not to be a boulder hung from the necks of my children. Let them not be lost. Come to them where they are. The Things We Build.
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Sand in the Gears » Blog Archive » Dance For Your Life
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Laquo; Death in Charleston. Dance For Your Life. July 3rd, 2015 Posted in Snapshots of Life. The thing is, I lied about being able to dance when I was courting my wife. How often do people dance any more? Sure, people put on some kind of godawful thumping tribal ritual-sacrifice music and grind up against each other, but that’s not dancing. Nobody dances any more, right? And here’s an excerpt from the follow-up essay, about our big night:. A lesser man might feel insecure.”. Last reply was July 3, 2015.
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Sand in the Gears » Blog Archive » Madonna and Child
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Laquo; Politics, porn, and football. Bull; Light in Darkness. December 24th, 2014 Posted in Faith and Life. This past year, most of my scarce scraps of writing time have gone into revising a novel, which is currently in the hands of a small number of potential agents and even a potential publisher, though I’m sure I’ve jinxed myself by saying so. I. Been writing a few other things, which I usually try to update here and on my Facebook page. The point is, I’ve written something perhaps you might lik...
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Sand in the Gears » Blog Archive » Light in Darkness
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Laquo; Madonna and Child. December 27th, 2014 Posted in Faith and Life. And then he’ll be at your table every morning, telling you stories that are different than the ones he’s told before, yet the same, and you’ll be stuck with him because, well, you. So, another Christmas meditation of sorts. Here’s an excerpt:. How can you disappoint those who await presents? How can you not hang the decorations you’ve accumulated in the attic? If it kills us! The homeless-shelter outing (see, kids, how. Ya Gotta Have...
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Just Marilynn: Art
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By Marilynn Howe. A blog by @JustMarilynn at heart a little girl dancing through the peculiarities of life, learning how to be a thinker with the courage to voice my heart along the way of love. Declare 2014: Creating Art (A Behind the Scenes Story). It wasnt until my thirties that I rediscovered my passion for art. Thankfully, I earned a Communications degree that provided me the liberty to engage art at a university level. I studied drawing, painting, graphic design, website design and writing. The ide...
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