Incapabilities

And in trying to avoid the unpleasant aspects of our lives we have missed out on the joys.  Developing an ability to see things as they really are and to find healthier, more appropriate ways of  dealing with the people and circumstances we encounter is not always easy or comfortable.  It's not easy to come …

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The Judge

"It's amazing how movies can do that, lure you right into someone else's pain as it tears down your walls for the actors relationships while making your own vulnerable.  Your breath slows as you wait for every argumentative word to pack a punch of climatic ridicule and then you gasp when both people really shutter …

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Sex Series, Impotence of the Church

  Sex is a hot topic, always has been.  Even in Jesus' time adultery, concubines, polygamy and homosexuality plagued people groups.  We even read of rape in the story of Tamar, yet people think our sex issues have suddenly emerged as technology increases and abuse abounds.  My beef will always be with two fundamental issues, …

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Start from the beginning

"Gangs, group activists, or any movement seeking recognition of its own kind, will offer a new family for one who has not received love or acceptance in his own home. They provide the follower with new people to worry about him, to offer him advice, to cry with him, and importantly, to hold him and …

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