January 2011
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The Great Assumption
If you’re looking to write a book on one of the toughest possible topics, you can’t find one much tougher than the often discussed and debated question: How can God be good, loving, all-powerful, and all-knowing since evil and suffering exist? In a book that’s remarkable for its readability and clarity but also its scholarship… Continue reading
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March for Life 2011
Yesterday I went to my first March for Life in D.C. It was a pretty awesome experience which really deepened my appreciation for three groups of people: (1) Catholics. A local Catholic Church, Saint John Neumann’s in Ocean Pines, invited me to go to the march with them. They chartered a bus and let everyone… Continue reading
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Spiritual Olympics
Today in the mail I received an invitation for our “choir” to enter a competition. That was funny enough, but what really got me laughing was the line where it says this event is held “in a spiritually-competitive format.” “Spiritually-competitive”?!? I had no idea what this could possibly mean, so I went online and did… Continue reading
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Jesus Loves Her, This She Knows
Usually when I ask Laura Marie who loves her, she says, “Da-da!” Tonight the conversation went a little bit differently: Me: Laura Marie, who loves you? LM: Mama! Me: Who else loves you? LM: Jesus! Continue reading
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The Worst Deal Ever
Someone please help me understand this. I looked at gift cards on ebay, and a lot of them are selling for more than the value of the gift cards. There was one gift card for Amazon that was worth $100, but 9 people had pushed the bidding on it up to $191.50 with three and… Continue reading
Surfing the Inner N8 