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It’s almost a 9/11 moment — not in comparison to the number of deaths, of course, but rather in how the shock and horror has gotten our attention. While one motivated-by-evil man may have wanted to silence Charlie Kirk and allow his influence to extend no further,
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I know of no more powerful word. I know, too, of none more profound. And I’m not sure it’s a word we really know very well. I mean, intellectually, perhaps, we think we comprehend it, but yet we keep crafting creative reasons why it isn’t necessary, isn’
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To say it’s been a hard few weeks is a gross understatement. The assassination of Charlie Kirk… The school shootings in Minnesota and Colorado… While we don’t all grieve the same, the heaviness of those horrific events cannot be missed. We feel it. It’s agonizing… disorienting. We
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There’s this great scene in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, the second installment in The Hunger Games film series, in which Haymitch Abernathy, the experienced, older advisor to protagonist Katniss Everdeen, is coaching his protégé in how to survive the harrowing battle royale death match. Twenty-four “tributes” have
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When we sat down to dinner last night, my youngest son Josh, asked if he could be the one who prays… “God, thank you. Be with us. Be with all of your children. Be with all of us who are a child of God. Be with Charlie Kirk’s family.
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CB knew I rarely turned on my TV in the morn. I like the quiet. Gives me time to pause, pray, prep for the day… even have an added cup of coffee. But this day would be profoundly different. I don’t remember the coffee. “Hey, you need to turn
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This was not a slow news summer. When I think of the season’s biggest stories, I think of the conflicts between Ukraine and Russia and between Israel and Hamas and how sad it is that they continue. I think about the Epstein files and the “client list” dispute and
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It’s that time again. Millions around the world will soon all tune in together. It’s one of the most anticipated weekends of the year: the start of the NFL season! There’s just something about professional football (and college, too) that riles many of us up in a
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And so it goes one more time. Absolutely awful. And the reality is, whether we see it or not, we’re united. We hate it. We hate the hate. We don’t want it to happen even one more time. As students were worshipping and celebrating in their first mass
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Remember: it’s wise to listen and learn from persons outside our ecosystem. Last week I stumbled upon a social media post from a previously untapped source. It was sobering indeed. It was written 3 years ago by Spanish psychologist, Dr. Luis Rojas Marcos, in an article he entitled “A
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“War itself is, of course, a form of madness. It’s hardly a civilized pursuit. It’s amazing how we spend so much time inventing devices to kill each other and so little time working on how to achieve peace.” — Walter Cronkite While I do believe there is a time
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People indeed have wild imaginations. Hence, the creation of the conspiracy theory. A conspiracy theory is an idea, often challenging the mainstream or official explanation of a situation, that typically involves an alleged secret plot by powerful individuals or groups, believed to be manipulating events behind the scenes. My sense