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Cultural Influencer

“A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and cultivate good thoughts every day of his life,  in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has planted in the human soul” (J.W. von Goethe, 1749-1832) Having started our current compilation of articles with this quote, […]

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Arcane

Tisha B’av and End Time Challenges

How Current Events Align With Prophecy Tisha B’Av, according to the history of the Israelites, is a date similar to Friday the 13th. Both Tisha B’Av and Friday the 13th commemorate cultural changing disasters. First I share some history, and I conclude with a significant article related to the time we are now living in, […]

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Reviews

Squid Games

J. Credence Review: Squid Games Everyone is talking about it, so I watched this TV series for you. Classified as a drama, thriller, horror fiction tv show, this fictitious game gives people in financial debt catastrophe the opportunity of reparation via bloody versions of Korean childrens games. Death versus the value of human life is […]

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Reviews

Mars Hill

(Jeremy Sharp – Podcast Review) The “Aftermath” episode of “The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill” [podcast] is extremely accurate of what it’s like coming out of a cult. 15 years later with therapy I still have a hard time sleeping because of the trauma. If you were in it, it’s okay and healthy to […]

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The Lives We Live

Facing the New Year

The pandemic of 2020 and 2021, with all its uncertainties for the future, can make setting goals and resolutions feel pointless. Set that aside, and instead, with hope, focus on opportunities. This will encourage your belief in your ability to take action to improve yourself and your situation. Here are some tips to help you. […]

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Informational The Lives We Live

How to Avoid Probate

Most people we talk to have heard of probate and want to avoid it, but they don’t know why or how. That isn’t necessarily a bad thing. If you’ve never had a loved one die, you may never have experienced it. Probate is the legal process validating a will or settling a person’s affairs.  How probate worksThe process […]

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The Lives We Live

Leaping Over Walls

Leaping Over Walls  “For by You I can run against a troop, by my God I can leap over a wall.” Psalm 18:29 Recently, a neighbor asked the question of a group of us of whether or not we had backyard fences when we were children, and how that might have shaped our thinking in any way. […]

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The Lives We Live

I Dare You

Seriously, this is a “dare” for all who follow Christ. Not the kind of ‘double-dog-dare’ we did as kids. Not an attempt to get you to do something no one else ever should. Not a one time ‘wow’ moment fueled by foolishness nor heralded by hormones. Rather, a dare to do what Jesus has said […]

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Creative

Hold on Tight to Your Dreams

Hold on tight to your dreamWhen you see your ship go sailingWhen you feel your heart is breakinHold on tight to your dream It’s a long time to be goneOh, time just rolls on and on (hold on)When you need a shoulder to cry onWhen you get so sick of tryingJust-a hold on tight to […]

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Inspirational

Rock Solid Faith in a Shaky World

“Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock. But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn’t obey […]