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Come Awake
Music has the ability to sometimes perfectly express our emotions and feelings. In our ups and downs, we can find a song to relate to. It’s one of the reasons why we cling to it so much. And sometimes, it can quickly turn us the other way. I’d been in a weird funk the last…
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Defining Us
What defines America? Is it our culture? Our religion? Our politics? Our landscape? Our race? And therein lies the tricky part. You can’t compartmentalize America into any of those categories, because we are more than just that. There is more than one culture in America. More than one religion represented. More than one way of…
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Can I Get a Witness?
If you grew up attending an evangelical Christian church, you probably heard of the need to share the gospel. The need for conversions. The need to save a wicked world. And so maybe you passed out Christian literature or tracts as a youth group. The “here, take this piece of paper and I’ll leave you…
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Dreams of Yesterday
yesterday i soared through clouds of cotton a chariot of wind beneath my feet a symbol was i to raise hope in men cowering behind an impenetrable sheet yesterday i dreamt the world a stage grand upon which i played the grandest of roles i took a bow and drank the world’s applause safely behind…
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The Disappearing Friend Trick
We’ve all been there. You’re best pals with someone(s). You hang out, you talk, you text, you tweet, you call, you Facebook each other. You share joys, pains, jokes, complaints, and stories. You think, “What was life like before they were in my life?” And you can’t remember. And then, presto shazaam, abra cadabra, they’re…