spirit
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Happy Palm Sunday! Seven years ago I wrote a pithy blog on one of my favorite parts of Jesus’ Triumphal Entry — the threat of stones crying out. Here is a re-post in honor of the start of Holy Week. Palm Sunday is today. It’s the day that Jesus rode into Jerusalem to the fanfare
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Does anybody really know you? Not just know of you but actually know YOU? I find that there is a mixture of great fear and great relief in being known. On one hand, having your personality, thoughts, emotions and behaviors exposed can be freeing to the soul. There is no need for hiding. On the…
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On Wednesday, as I drove to Alamogordo for my latest balance therapy session, I listened to one of my favorite albums of music, John Michael Talbot’s “Troubadour of the Great King.” It was recorded early in JMT’s post-secular career, 1981, when the teachings of his Franciscan order were fresh in his mind. I had an
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Some trees are easy to identify by their fruit. Take orange trees, for example. An orange is… an orange. There just isn’t any fruit quite like it. Grapefruits are big, tangerines are small. But when those green orbs turn bright orange, there is no doubt about the fruit. Other trees are challenging.
J.C. Newton 