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Cain and Abel

So many of the stories in the Book of Genesis leave me wondering. What is wrong, for example, with humanity gaining the knowledge of good and evil?  Isn’t that the very thing that separates us from all of the rest … Continue reading

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Book Review: Bob Dylan: A Spiritual Life

  Did you write The Book of Love And do you have faith in God above? Do you believe in rock and roll Can music save your mortal soul And can you teach me how to dance, real slow? Don … Continue reading

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“It is finished . . .”

    John 19:28-30 28 After this, Jesus, knowing[a] that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I thirst!” 29 Now a vessel full of sour wine was sitting there; and they filled a sponge with sour … Continue reading

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Ruminations

    The parable of the unjust steward is not new to me.  I’ve spent almost my whole life as a regular church attender, hearing sermons based on scripture passages, week in and week out.  I can’t say that I … Continue reading

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The Unjust Steward

The parable of the unjust steward is not new to me.  I’ve spent almost my whole life as a regular church attender, hearing sermons based on scripture passages, week in and week out.  I can’t say that I remember any … Continue reading

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Morning Meditation

Psalm 4   1.    Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness.   Our righteousness is of God – Jehovah Tsidkenu . Our righteousness does not consist in our moral action or understanding, but only in God, who … Continue reading

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Morning Poem, April 5, 2015

Easter Poem What can we do with this man now? They must have asked We killed him And now they say he is not dead We cannot find his body And if we killed another, just to create evidence His followers … Continue reading

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Afternoon Poem, December 15, 2014

Christmas Day Christmas is morning bright and joyful. . In a living room strewn with opened boxes and gifts of every description A young boy meditates: This is more than I expected more than I asked for and better, in … Continue reading

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Morning Poem, December 15, 2014

    Christmas Eve   Christmas is night dark and silent. The silence in the stable then the darkness broken by a flickering torch. The silence now in the suburban streets the darkness broken by twinkling, electric lights Every car … Continue reading

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