Music & The Arts
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Just saw on Yahoo a fascinating slideshow of some of the sidewalk “paintings” drawn by artist-illusionist Julian Beever. Check them out. Just goes to reinforce why Saint Paul said he walked by faith and not by sight. Aren’t these drawings amazing? I feel sorry for the poor sap who tries to jump into one of
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On Monday night I watched a most interesting special on the famous mythical wizard Merlin. The hour-long documentary traced the origins of the Merlin story back and showed how the wizard is still inspiring the stories of today. It was both fascinating AND disturbing. Why disturbing? More on that later. But first… Merlin is best
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“For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory. Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your
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This oldie but goodie comes courtesy of the late great Charles M. Schultz. I ran across it in my pictures folder the other day and got a good chuckle. So I’ll share. This perfectly sums up my writing struggle. I love to write. I love to start articles. I have trouble ending them. I need
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