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Author Archives: Joe Ginder
Joy is Needed
man cannot live long without joy, without some vestige of happiness to light up his days. Dorothy Day Alan Jacobs recently micro-blogged a reference to a passage in Dorothy Day’s diary, which I have quoted above. Alan Jacobs’ blogs are … Continue reading
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Notes on the Communion Maintenance message, mostly related to Dallas Willard
There is a great website packed full of resources from and about Dallas Willard. Many of his articles are freely downloadable from this site. There are descriptions of and links to purchase his books and other materials that are not … Continue reading
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Recommending Two Books by Esau McCaulley
I just finished reading How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family’s Story of Hope and Survival in the American South by Esau McCaulley. It is a deeply redemptive American story that our culture sorely needs. I can’t recommend … Continue reading
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You’re God’s Project.
Your work is hardly ever God’s work. You’re God’s project. God is making you. Dallas Willard
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Lactantius, on defending Christianity
Lactantius was a Christian writer in the 3rd and 4th century who wrote the Divine Institutes to explain Christianity to Roman critics, to whom it must have seemed quite foreign. Apparently, his wise words were often ignored through the centuries. … Continue reading
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The Temptation of Power and “Success”
I was listening to Lectio 365 last year and was struck by a simple statement made as a part of the devotional for the morning. I jotted down the quote in my notes. It wasn’t really a new thought; but … Continue reading
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The Second Coming
by William Butler Yeats (1919) Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The … Continue reading
A Quote on Quakers and Abolition from the Empire Podcast
The current series being published on The Empire podcast covers the history of slavery. As usual, it has been quite good. I think the series is nearing conclusion; though it has not finished yet. I’ve heard quite a lot of … Continue reading
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