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The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in from this time on and forevermore. — Psalm 121:7-8 The LORD will keep you from all evil. Is this true? Or are these just the hopeful words of the psalmist trying to…
His heart was still beating. His heart was beating but he was already dead. The results of the brain flow study came back and it showed no brain activity. It’s a hard reality, but braindead is dead. But there was still breath in his lungs as the ventilator inhaled and exhaled for…
Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. — John 11:21 He looked at me. He looked right at me. His eyes, bulging out of his gaunt face, stared into mine… pleading. Or maybe I was the one staring. Maybe I was the one pleading.

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Working it out as I go

a series of incomplete, awkward, and sometimes even heretical thoughts about scripture, theology, and whatever else is on my mind
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