Tag Archives: religion

Where it all began

Posted on 10 November 2009 by

My first memories of anything religious are of a Lutheran church. My sister, eleven years older than I, had been confirmed at a Missouri Synod church in the neighborhood with the entertaining name of Martini Lutheran. She was still a … Continue reading →

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We shall see him (and ourselves) as he is

Posted on 2 November 2009 by

See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God’s … Continue reading →

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Deep inside your own heart

Posted on 29 December 2008 by

It’s a pity, a gentleman in refined retirement composing poetry: He models his work on the classic verse of China, And his poems are elegant, full of fine phrases. But if you don’t write of things deep inside your own … Continue reading →

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Religion is my fandom

Posted on 29 February 2008 by

Ever since I was a child, I’ve been interested in religion, my own and other people’s. One of my earliest memories involving books is of a volume of Greek myths for children; something about the illustrations disturbed me, and I … Continue reading →

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