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The Peculiar Symmetry of Weeping and Rejoicing

My father passed away last year. It was a Friday, so, two days later I found myself gathering to worship in my local church. I sat near the rear of the sanctuary, the area usually occupied by families with young children. Thus I was surrounded with the sound of babies babbling joyfully, combining with the […]

Slaying Leviathan

You know those days, or months, or long seasons of life that are just hard? Each moment feels exhausting, to choose to begin each day anew, perhaps starting out with a secret hope that today will be better, but it takes just a word or thought and instead it reaches the same climax of desperate […]