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Stories & Fingerprints: 4/10/11 - 4/17/11

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Thursday, April 14, 2011. CraigsList ™ is totally, totally awesome. It’s a free online version of local classifieds. It’s a searchable database of advertisements for pretty much anything you could ever want (to throw away). And it’s free? Did I mention that it’s awesome? There’s just one real drawback. This morning, as I read more of Jesus’ life, death and resurrection in Luke’s careful study, I had to wonder if Jesus ever felt that way. Who commands the wind and it obeys? They ask each other, incredulous.

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You wanna know ME?! | Stories & Fingerprints

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Home : About Sean. Stories and Fingerprints : Blog. These are just traces, dirty fingerprints- spiritual musings on the sacred and the mundane as they occur in the inner-life of a husband, a son, a stay-at-home dad. Stay updated via RSS. What’s he talkin’ bout? Want me in your inbox? Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Join 5 other followers. You wanna know ME? Posted: August 24, 2011 in Uncategorized. Like I am, and you move. Anyway, I thin...

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Stories & Fingerprints: 3/28/10 - 4/4/10

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Wednesday, March 31, 2010. Dear Papa, Love, Grr. Those of you familiar with Stories and Fingerprints. Already know that it is usually a platform for my standard spiritual snobbery and pontification. However, from time to time, I feel inclined to also tell you a story or two about my exceptionally beautiful family. While it is above average in almost every regard, very occasionally some particular aspect rises even above all that. This will be the topic of our post today. Gifted in their depravity. I don&...

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Stories & Fingerprints: 12/26/10 - 1/2/11

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Tuesday, December 28, 2010. On Confession, On Forgiveness. On Forgiveness, on Confession. But there was a bit of cognitive dissonance- a little bit of friction as I was running down my list, and searching for that feeling of catharsis, of release, of forgiveness-ness. God doesn’t punish the forgiven. Everybody: say it with me now, “God does-n’t punish the for-giv-en.” Good. I wonder this morning my effort to confess dutifully, and with full penitence, has hampered God’s ability to deliver me from m...

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Stories & Fingerprints: 2/14/10 - 2/21/10

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Thursday, February 18, 2010. Larry-boy, Forgiveness and Kindness. He told me] that he knew his obligation to love God in all things, and as he endeavored so to do, he had no need of a director to advise him, but that he needed very much a confessor to absolve him. That he was he was very sensible of his faults, but not discouraged by them; that he confessed them to God, but did not plead against Him to excuse them. When he had so done, he peaceably resumed his usual practice of love and adoration. He was...

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Stories & Fingerprints: 3/14/10 - 3/21/10

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Wednesday, March 17, 2010. Message of Judgement/Message of Relief. I’ve been reading in the Book of Hosea recently. Hosea received instruction from God’s Spirit to take a wife. A girl with a “reputation,” shall we say? I’m glad I missed out on that call. By this woman, Hosea had three children. His first child, a boy, he gave kind of a weird name:. That wasn’t actually his name. Name was “Jezreel.”. The next two kids were named “Fascist” and “Injustice.”. The book is filled with messages. Plague- the &#8...

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Stories & Fingerprints: 1/9/11 - 1/16/11

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Tuesday, January 11, 2011. Like a Brother (part 2). Today's post is the conclusion of yesterday's post, "Like a Brother.". When Jack was born I began to seriously. Ponder my relationships with my brothers. How did we get to where we are? Do in my relationships with each of them to get us here? How can I as a father create a situation for my boys to grow up together? How might what I do as a father create exactly the opposite effect? It’s a big idea. Yesterday, they were playing with a matchbox car set.

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Stories & Fingerprints: 2/21/10 - 2/28/10

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Thursday, February 25, 2010. SPEAKING IN ALL CAPS. Ok, I admit it. That guy you heard screaming unintelligibly in the next aisle? Yeah, that was me. If you’d had the military-like courage to come over and ask me, I’d have told you I was speaking with conviction and furious glory. I’d just lost my cool and published it in the cloud. Now, following the admission comes the stark reality that you are standing in what could easily pass for a). A (used) minefield, or b). All of the above. I immediately recogni...

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Stories & Fingerprints: 12/27/09 - 1/3/10

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Wednesday, December 30, 2009. Http:/ www.Post Santum Depression.org Part I. A new support group I've been mulling over. Here's the thing: Christmas is a dreaded holiday for me. Somehow, I've become this extraordinary grinch with regards to this favorite of holidays. I don't know that there's necessarily one reason for it. I tell friends that it's because Christmas carols were never written for the guitar. That's true. Not a one. I thought we'd been pretty thoughtful. We bought them each 12 punch ball...