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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2021/08/08

Win/Lose? Win/Win? Lose/Lose?

Sometimes we win and sometimes we lose and sometimes we do both. King David was in the position of doing both when the rebellion his son Absalom fomented was put down. Absalom was David’s favourite child, it was obvious to everyone, and while playing favourites is a bad idea for parents in general it is […]

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2021/07/11

What is dignity and what is it worth?

Dignity is easier to recognize than define. Definitions from dictionaries include words like reserve, seriousness, appearance, honoured, etc. I prefer to be dignified to undignified, I’m willing to guess I’m not alone in this, but what if my definition of “dignified” is to narrow to contain some dignified behaviour? Is it possible to wrestle around […]

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2021/06/20

Attention! Giant Ahead!

We all have giants in our lives. Everyone has had to face a metaphorical giant at some time. Our Old Testament lesson was the story of David facing Goliath; David faced a literal giant. David was successful against Goliath and was completely confident he would be. How could he know? In the story we read […]

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